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United Launch Alliance (ULA) · 4 months ago

Software Engineering Internship - Summer 2026

Centennial, CO, US, 80112

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$22.80/hr - $32.40/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is the world's most experienced and reliable space launch company, seeking a Software Engineering Intern for Summer 2026. The intern will gain hands-on experience in software development, integration, and testing while collaborating with engineers to support various software systems and applications.

AerospaceSpace TravelTransportation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Architect, design, develop, integrate, tests and deploy software products supporting applications environments, engineering simulation environments, and embedded launch vehicle flight and ground system control environments

Maintain engineering software infrastructure supporting real time systems, engineering labs, and all other assets used to support software product continuous integration and continuous delivery

Conduct multidisciplinary research and development, collaborate with hardware and analysis engineers in the architecture, planning, design, development, and utilization of embedded and simulation software systems

Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle and ensures software quality control standards are met

Perform technical planning, requirements management, system integration, verification and validation, cost, and risk analyses for software systems development and integration

Develop software that simulates physical systems and simulates real-time operations

Develop integrates and uses advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools

Software Engineering subskills include Embedded Software, Simulation Modeling Software, Applications Software, Software Product Owner; Software Scrum Master, Software Development Operations; Software Systems Architect, and Software Systems Integrator, cloud engineering, CICD Developers, AI engineering

Support one or more experienced engineers in performance of assignments, spend time shadowing actual operations, and have unique assignments that support larger projects as well as experience the day-to-day workings of engineering

Qualification

C++PythonJavaScriptEmbedded SoftwareSimulation Modeling SoftwareSoftware Development OperationsCloud EngineeringEffective CommunicationTeam CollaborationPresentation SkillsProblem SolvingTime Management

Required

At minimum completed Sophomore year of college or university by the time of the summer internship assignment

High School/GED

Must have a minimum college GPA of 2.90 on a 4.00 scale at the time of application; cumulative, no rounding

Must have a valid driver's license and motorized vehicle transportation if assigned an internship in Alabama; California; Florida; or Pueblo, Colorado. For Denver, Colorado and Washington, DC, motorized transportation is recommended

At minimum, actively pursuing a bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field from an accredited college or university

Must have plans to be enrolled in classes during Fall Semester 2026

Ability to work full-time for a minimum of 10 weeks during the summer of 2026

Experience working in one or more software languages: C++, C, JavaScript, Python, Shell, Perl

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint)

Effective presentation, written communication, and verbal communication skills

Must be able to complete an internship at any of the below ULA's locations: Denver, CO