Mission Engineering Associate (Fall 2026)

San Francisco, United StatesOn-site

Responsibilities

Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them
Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools Requirements:

Mission Engineering Associate (Fall 2026) Associate Engineer positions typically last for twelve weeks, and are salaried roles designed for students who have already received a bachelor's degree (or who will have done so before working at Astranis).
If you are still a college student, please apply to join us as an Intern. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of projects in the aerospace field and a strong background in Python. Role:
Have a B.S. degree in an engineering, physics, or computer science related major. •
Experience in scripting with Python
Basic understanding of satellite systems
Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigations •
Experience with software development tools such as Git

With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs.
Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria. Bonus: •
The base salary for this position is $1,925 per week.
Base Salary $1,925 — $1,925 USD U.S.

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system.
Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military.
Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent
requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.
Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
As an Associate Engineer, you will have an amazing opportunity to work on hard problems — we pride ourselves on giving everyone at Astranis a chance to do meaningful work on complex projects, and our Associate Engineers work on projects that are of equal importance and difficulty to the projects we give our full-time employees.
Many past Associate Engineers have designed and tested hardware/software that is heading to space on our first satellite, and many now work at Astranis full-time.
Work with mission engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures, including commissioning procedures and nominal operations procedures
Participate in commanding activities of our first five operational spacecraft
Help develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer