Spacecraft Thermal Design Intern

Telemetry Today LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 43,000; Part time

Job summary

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits and expanding humanity’s reach into space. As an intern you will work with the engineering team to design, evaluate, build, and test thermal hardware or software for satellite programs.

Internships last twelve weeks, are hourly, and require current enrollment in a four-year university. You will gain hands-on experience, contribute to spaceflight hardware, and potentially become a full-time Astranis employee.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in mechanical, aerospace, or related technical field.
• Hands-on hardware design and development experience.
• Ability to design, build and test hardware from scratch.
• US Citizenship or permanent resident status required.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate, build, and test satellite hardware and software.
• Support design trades balancing performance, resources, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Perform thermal analysis on hardware such as propulsion components, batteries, RF components, and PCBs.
• Design, evaluate, procure and test thermal solutions (heaters, heat pipes, TIMs, coatings).
• Develop processes for integration and assembly ensuring thermal design intent is met.
• Plan and run thermal vacuum testing at component and spacecraft level.

Skills

Hardware development

Hands-on design

US citizenship eligibility

Education

B.S./M.S. in mechanical or aerospace or related

Tools

CAD

ANSYS

Thermal Desktop

Electronics packaging

Job description

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits and expanding humanity’s reach into space. As an intern you will work with the engineering team to design, evaluate, build, and test thermal hardware or software for satellite programs.

Internships last twelve weeks, are hourly, and require current enrollment in a four-year university. You will gain hands-on experience, contribute to spaceflight hardware, and potentially become a full-time Astranis employee.