Avionics Engineer Associate (Fall 2026) Seen this week
About Astranis
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, providing dedicated secure networks to large enterprises, governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and a backlog of over $1 billion in contracts, Astranis operates from a 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California.
The Role
This is a 12-week salaried associate engineer position designed for bachelor's degree holders planning to pursue a master's degree. You will work on projects of equal importance and difficulty to those given to full-time engineers.
Your responsibilities include:
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent technical discipline, with plans to pursue a graduate degree
- Interest in learning about and working with spacecraft systems and subsystems
- Passion for hardware development in a fast-paced 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 (power supply, oscilloscope, multimeter, etc)
- Familiarity with basic switched mode converter design (boost and buck converters)
Compensation
Base salary: $1,925 USD per week.
Eligibility
US Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status required to comply with US Government space technology export regulations.