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Astranis

San Francisco

Reliability Design Associate (Fall 2026)

FULL TIME ON-SITE JUNIOR
Posted 6 days ago

Quick Summary

Role Overview

This twelve-week salaried associate position is designed for recent graduates to work on challenging satellite engineering problems. You will join a team of 450 professionals to design and test hardware destined for high orbits.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform reliability analyses on complex satellite systems.
  • Analyze flight hardware in collaboration with the reliability design team.
  • Support Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis efforts.
  • Write code to evaluate satellite hardware performance.
  • Automate testing procedures for satellite hardware components.
  • Contribute to the design and testing of hardware heading to space.

Requirements Snapshot

  • Hold a four year degree in electrical engineering or physics.
  • Demonstrate ability to design and build hardware from scratch.
  • Maintain a strong interest in working with electronics systems.
  • Thrive in a fast paced hardware development environment.
  • Possess US Citizenship or a valid Green Card.

Expected Impact

As a Reliability Design Associate, you will directly influence the dependability of satellites serving sovereign governments and large enterprises. Your work in automating tests and analyzing flight hardware ensures the success of missions expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

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. 
 
If you are still a college student, please apply to join us as an Intern. 

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
  • Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

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.
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