Software Engineering Intern (Fall 2026) at Rendezvous Robotics
Golden, CO
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Jul 21, 2026
Golden, CO
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A flight software internship at a small spacecraft company working on modular, self-assembling satellite technology. Day-to-day work covers writing and testing onboard flight software, building ground station tooling, developing inter-unit communication protocols, and constructing simulation environments for pre-hardware testing. Suited to students in CS or computer engineering with embedded systems exposure and an interest in aerospace.
Junior level · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 95 people in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 55–140
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This is an internship posting (12–15 week fall 2026 engagement), not a full-time hire, despite 'Full-Time' appearing in the header — the duration and 'currently pursuing a degree' language make the internship nature clear.
C and C++ are listed together ('C/C++') as a single requirement; they are captured as a paired must-have with each as the other's alternative, since the posting treats them interchangeably.
Embedded Linux and bare-metal firmware are listed together under Basic Qualifications ('Some experience with embedded Linux or bare-metal firmware'); embedded Linux is used as the primary name with bare-metal firmware as context — the 'some experience' qualifier is mild but the skill sits in the required section.
Preferred qualifications include embedded toolchains/frameworks, RTOS/scheduling constraints, embedded communication buses (e.g. I2C, SPI, CAN), and hands-on robotics/drone/satellite experience. The communication buses and robotics experience are not named as specific technologies and are omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule; RTOS is captured as preferred.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
ITAR citizenship/residency requirements apply — candidates must be US persons or eligible for export authorization.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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