# Reliability Test Intern (Fall 2026)

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $29-$29 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96372482

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## Description

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

As a Reliability Test Intern, 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 complex projects, no matter their seniority.

**Role**

- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to plan reliability tests for satellite hardware

- Support test plan and procedure development based on design specifications and mission profiles

- Set up, operate, and monitor environmental test equipment, including thermal chambers, thermal vacuum systems, vibration shaker tables, and combined thermal vibe chambers

- Execute reliability tests such as thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, and vibration

- Collect, analyze, and document test data to identify potential failure modes and ensure hardware meets reliability targets

- Design test fixtures, setup instrumentation and data acquisition systems

**Requirements**

- Currently pursuing a degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field

- Strong interest in hardware reliability, testing, and hands-on engineering work in a fast-paced environment

- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and adapt to changing project needs

- Strong communication skills

- Must be onsite 5 days per week

**Bonus**

- Hands-on experience with environmental or reliability testing

- Familiarity with test equipment such as test chambers and DAQs

- Experience with data analysis tools in Python, MATLAB, or similar

- Exposure to hardware design, integration, or lab-based engineering projects

- Understanding of failure analysis, root cause investigation, or reliability engineering principles

- Previous internship, research, or project experience in aerospace or hardware-focused environments

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

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- hardware reliability
- testing
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- environmental testing
- test equipment
- data analysis tools
- Python
- MATLAB
- hardware design
- integration
- lab-based engineering projects
- failure analysis
- root cause investigation
- reliability engineering principles

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