Electrical Reliability Associate (Winter 2027)

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agentic AI experience

LTSpice/PSPICE/ADS familiarity

Python programming

Job summary

Astranis seeks an Electrical Reliability Associate for a twelve-week winter program. You will perform reliability analyses on satellite systems, work with the reliability design team on flight hardware, and support DFMEA efforts while writing code to automate testing. Four-year technical degree required and U.S.

citizenship or permanent residency needed. The role emphasizes hands-on hardware work, fast-paced development, and opportunities to contribute to space-grade engineering.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in electrical or computer engineering or physics (or equivalent).
• Interest in learning, designing, and working with electronics systems.
• Hands-on hardware development experience and ability to design, build, and test from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Perform reliability analyses on satellite systems.
• Collaborate with reliability design team to analyze flight hardware.
• Support DFMEA efforts.
• Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.

Skills

Reliability analyses

Flight hardware analysis

DFMEA

Coding for testing

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering or Physics degree

Tools

LTSpice

PSPICE

ADS

Job description

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.

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 is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.

Astranis has raised over $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Electrical Reliability Associate (Winter 2027)

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). 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 challenging 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.

Role

• Perform reliability analyses on satellite systems
• Work with the reliability design team to analyze flight hardware
• Support DFMEA efforts
• Write code to help evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware

Requirements

• Have a four-year degree in electrical or computer engineering or physics (or equivalent technical degree)
• Interest in learning about, designing, and working with electronics systems
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast‑paced environment and hands‑on design and development
• Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch
• US Citizenship or Green Card

Bonus

• Experience with agentic AI systems
• Experience with SPICE-based simulators (LTSpice, PSPICE, ADS, etc)
• Familiarity with standard EE lab bench (power supply, oscilloscope, multimeter, etc)
• Experience with Python

Base Salary

The base salary for this position is $1,925 per week.

$1,925 — $1,925 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required

(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Our mission and products are built for everyone, regardless of gender, race, creed, or background. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we invite all people to join our team and bring their unique perspectives to make us stronger.