Avionics Associate Engineer (Summer 2027) Verified today
About Astranis
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits. The company operates five satellites on orbit with over $1 billion in commercial contracts backlog, serving large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. Astranis employs 450 engineers and operates from a 153,000 sq ft headquarters in Northern California.
The Role
This is a 12-week salaried Associate Engineer position for recent bachelor's degree holders planning to pursue a master's degree. You will work on projects of equal importance to those given to full-time engineers.
You will:
- Work with the avionics engineering team to build and test flight hardware
- Design test equipment to validate designs across a wide range of stressed conditions
- Bring up and debug designs in the lab
- Write code to help evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware
- Assist with low level software to interface with various spacecraft subsystems
Requirements
- Four-year degree in electrical or computer engineering (or equivalent technical degree), with plans to pursue a graduate degree after this role
- Interest in learning about and working with spacecraft systems and subsystems
- Passion for hardware development in a fast-paced, hands-on environment
- Experience with Python and/or C++
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch
- US Citizenship or Green Card
Bonus Skills
- Experience with Altium Designer or other PCB design software
- Experience with SPICE-based simulators (LTSpice, PSPICE, ADS, etc)
- Comfortable with soldering and rework
- Familiarity with standard EE lab bench equipment (power supply, oscilloscope, multimeter)
- Familiarity with basic switched mode converter design (boost and buck converters)
Compensation
Base salary: $1,925 per week.
U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required. This position is subject to U.S. Government space technology export regulations.