how can I join NASA if I'm studying btech in Electrical engineering from an NIT ??

Dear aspirant,

Eligibility criteria for application after Btech EEE:

Before you can go to official website for the application process includes US citizenship with masters degree in engineering background and minimum two years of experience in relevant fields or at least 1000 hours of work as pilot in command time in jet aircraft’s.

Application process:

1. Create a USAJOBS account: If you want apply for NASA jobs you must create the profile in USAJOBS portal

2. Build your resume: after completion of create the profile you will build the strongest resume in the portal only they will collect your information through this process to application.

3. Search for jobs: after completion of resume building and profile creating you can search the jobs you want according to electrical engineering.

4. Submit the application form: after completion of job search, you can read all the vacancy information and check the eligibility. If you are sure about everything is correct then only you will submit your application.

5. Provide additional information

6. Application review: once closes the application date and they review your application. If your application will match their requirement they will contact you.

7. Interview: once the review of application completed they will conduct interview to you either face to face or telephonic interview.

8. Selection process: if you are selected, they will send you the offer letter.

Hope this is helpful to you.

Thank you.

Hello Harshita,

So, to join NASA,

• get an MS (ideally from the United States) - you can change streams if you want to, to something more relevant to space operations -
• do a PhD (certainly from the United States) - your MS change of field will come in handy here
• Do post-doctoral research in your subject of interest, keeping in mind what NASA might require in the future - Work as a professor at a college and conduct NASA-related research. They might contact you for additional assistance one day.

OR

• Work at a research lab doing anything related to your topic of interest (which is also related to NASA's projects). Be a particle physicist, an electronic engineer for flying systems, and so on.

Needless to say, you must keep up to date with NASA's current programmes and update your resume properly.

While you're doing all of the above, remember to do everything you can to become a US citizen. NASA would be impossible without it.

There are no shortcuts to getting into NASA.

Also, keep your choices open for SpaceX, ISRO, and other space companies:)

Hope that helps you