Résumé kit
- Seven one page templates: hardware, manufacturing and quality, test, systems, design and CAD, materials, and company-tailored
- A track guide that rewrites one project six ways
- The ownership bullet formula, built in
For engineering students going after the internships everyone wants
Stop applying into the void.
One recruiting season took me from a manufacturing internship outside aerospace to 4 offers at space and defense companies. Cold Start is that exact system, with 15 tools to run it yourself: six résumé tracks, the outreach that turned into referrals, graded interview practice, and an AI co-pilot.
Built for students targeting companies like
- SpaceX
- Tesla
- Blue Origin
- Anduril
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
- Apple
- Boeing
Every module
Built to use, not just read
Every module gives you everything you need to do the step yourself, in the order you'll need it. Searchable, with checklists and notes that save as you go.
01
Deep lessons
9 to 13 lessons per module, each with the why, the specifics, and a do this now step. Plus a narrated briefing to start.
02
Interactive tools
15 tools across the course: a req decoder, bullet lab, message checker, beam calculator, offer comparer, and more.
03
Real examples
Conversations with engineers, résumé rewrites, and tracker rows from a real season.
04
Graded practice
An answer checker with 10 behavioral and 10 technical questions, from cantilever beams to pressure vessels, with a strong sample answer for each.
The course
Three phases. Eight modules.
In the order you'll use them. Start free, then buy one module, one phase, or everything.
The toolkit · $17
The files behind 4 offers
Every document from my season, cleaned up and ready to fill in. Most templates give you one résumé. This gives you seven, plus the cover letter kit, portfolio, interview deck, and tracker that go with them.
$17 for all five, one time
Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files. They also open in Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets. Included in Everything.
Cover letter kit
- Seven opening hooks with fill-in versions
- A full template and a finished sample
- Short versions for application text boxes
Portfolio template
- Two projects per page with photo slots
- What, How, and Results columns
- Exports cleanly to PDF
Interview prep deck
- 36 linked slides with a clickable contents page
- 14 behavioral questions with STAR templates and likely follow ups
- 11 technical primers, rapid-fire questions, and questions to ask
Application tracker
- The spreadsheet behind all 240 applications
- Status, result, and résumé version dropdowns
- A funnel summary that calculates itself
Pricing
Pay for what you need
Start with a free preview of Module 01. Any purchase opens the rest of it. One-time payments, and everything you buy stays yours.
Single module
$11+
$11 to $24 per module
- Any one module
- Lessons, examples, templates
- Interactive tools
Phase bundles
Save $8 to $16 per phase
Pick a phase
1 · Get the Interview$35
2 · Land the Offer$25
3 · AI Co-Pilot$24
Toolkit
$17
Five files, ready to edit
- Résumé kit (7 versions)
- Cover letter kit
- Portfolio template
- Interview prep deck
- Tracker
Everything
$79
$125 if bought separately
- All 7 paid modules
- Full toolkit
- 15 interactive tools
- Future updates
Start free
See how it works before you pay
Open the Module 01 preview right now: the math behind 4 offers, how to turn your background into your pitch, and the ownership advice engineers at SpaceX gave me. Buy anything and the rest of Module 01 opens too, including the track finder, pitch builder, season planner, your first seven days, and every template.
No email, no card. It opens right in your browser.
Who made this
A student who did it this year
I'm a mechanical engineering student. My first internship was at a manufacturing company nobody in aerospace had heard of. One recruiting season later, I had four offers from space and defense companies and turned two of them down.
Getting there took 240 applications, hundreds of messages to engineers, and a lot of interviews that went wrong before the ones that went right. I wish someone had handed me this system at the start of my season.
So I built it. If you're where I was, I want to help you skip the guesswork and land the internship you actually want.
FAQ
Questions
Will this work for my major and the companies I want?
Yes. The system isn't tied to one industry. Finding reqs early, tailoring your résumé to each role, messaging the people who actually pick interns, and interviewing well works anywhere. Plug in your own target companies and roles and run the same playbook.
I don't have a big-name internship yet. Is this for me?
That's exactly who it's for. I didn't have one either. The free preview shows you how to turn the experience you already have into your biggest advantage.
How is this different from free advice online?
Free advice tells you to network. This gives you the exact system behind 240 applications and 4 offers: the messages I sent, the tracker I used, how I prepped, and tools that let you do it yourself in minutes.
When should I start?
Today. The students who start messaging and tailoring early are the ones already in conversations when reqs open. Every module also works mid-season.
Can I buy just one module?
Yes. Every module is sold on its own, and bundles save you more the more you take.
How do I get into what I bought?
Your receipt has an access key. Click Sign in on the course page and paste it, and everything you bought unlocks right away on that device, plus the rest of Module 01. Toolkit files download straight from your receipt.
How does the AI part work?
Phase 3 gives you a prompt builder and copy and paste workflows that work with any AI tool you already use, plus a draft scrubber that catches anything that sounds machine written.
How does the answer checker work?
Modules 05 and 06 each include it, with 10 behavioral and 10 technical questions like cantilever beams, pressure vessels, and fatigue. Answer out loud with the timer, paste what you said, and it shows what you covered and what you missed, with a strong sample answer for each question.
What's in the free preview?
The first part of Module 01: the narrated briefing, the lessons on why applying alone stalls and what actually turns into offers, and real examples. Any purchase opens the rest, including the three tools and every template.
How long do I keep access?
Everything you buy stays yours, including updates to those modules.