Avionics Engineering Associate – Summer 2027

Astranis; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Astranis, a satellite company based in Northern California, is seeking a Summer 2027 Avionics Associate Engineer. The role offers hands-on work on flight hardware, test equipment, and firmware for spacecraft, with mentors and a path to full-time opportunities.

As an Associate Engineer, you will join the avionics team to design, test, and debug hardware, write evaluation software, and gain exposure to space-grade systems.

Qualifications

• Four-year EE or ECE degree, or equivalent.
• Plan to pursue graduate degree after internship.
• Experience with Python and/or C++.
• Hands-on hardware design, build and test.
• Interest in spacecraft systems and subsystems.
• US Citizenship or Green Card required.

Responsibilities

• Work with the avionics engineering team to build and test flight hardware.
• Design test equipment to validate designs under stressed conditions.
• Bring up and debug designs in the lab.
• Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.
• Assist with low level software to interface with spacecraft subsystems.

Skills

Python

C++

Hardware design

Lab testing

Space systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

LTSpice / SPICE simulators

Job description

Astranis, a satellite company based in Northern California, is seeking a Summer 2027 Avionics Associate Engineer. The role offers hands-on work on flight hardware, test equipment, and firmware for spacecraft, with mentors and a path to full-time opportunities.

As an Associate Engineer, you will join the avionics team to design, test, and debug hardware, write evaluation software, and gain exposure to space-grade systems.