Mission Engineering Intern (Fall 2026)

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

As a Mission Engineering Intern, you will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects, designing and testing hardware and software for satellites.

Responsibilities:

• Work with mission engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures
• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them
• Participate in commanding activities of operational spacecraft
• Help develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for customers
• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a B.S. degree in an engineering, physics, or computer science related major
• Experience in scripting with Python
• Basic understanding of satellite systems
• Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties without supervision
• A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on development and testing

Bonus skills:

• Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigations
• Experience building operational software tools and user-friendly UIs
• Experience with software development tools such as Git

The base pay for this position is $29.00 per hour.