Reliability Design Associate (Fall 2026)

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Astranis is seeking a Reliability Design Associate for Fall 2026. Associate Engineers work on hard problems and contribute to flight hardware, with projects connected to satellites heading to space. This paid position provides hands-on design and development experience in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include reliability analyses on satellite systems, DFMEA support, and writing code to evaluate performance and automate testing. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Computer engineering

Physics

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or physics

Tools

LTSpice

PSPICE

ADS

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

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 $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. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Reliability Design 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).

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

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

Base Salary

$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 our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.