2026 Summer Internship - Manufacturing
Vast
About this role
Vast offers an advanced manufacturing internship program providing hands-on opportunities to design and build space hardware and software. Interns participate in a 12-week onsite program in Long Beach or Hawthorne, CA, working on systems required for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. The program supports multiple engineering focus areas, including thermal and structures manufacturing, and pairs interns with industry mentors.
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About Vast
vastdata.comVAST Data delivers an AI Operating System that unifies storage, database, and compute to power agentic AI and other data‑intensive workloads. Its platform provides a scale‑out, high‑performance data infrastructure designed for large models, analytics and mixed workloads, combining file, object and database services with enterprise features for performance and efficiency. VAST targets organizations running AI/ML, HPC and analytics, offering simplified management, a global namespace and optimized hardware utilization to reduce cost and operational complexity.
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CTechVast Data raises $1 billion at $30 billion valuation
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About Vast
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$70k – $80k
per year