# Automation & Controls Engineering Associate (Summer 2027)

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $1,925-$1,925 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 an Automation & Controls Engineering Associate, you'll help build the automated test infrastructure used to shake, heat, cool, evacuate, and otherwise stress satellite hardware during environmental testing.

Responsibilities:

- Support the design, build, integration, and commissioning of automated test systems for spacecraft hardware and ground-support equipment

- Own electrical controls hardware, including control panels, wiring, sensors, actuators, relays, power distribution, DAQ systems, and safety interlocks

- Integrate automated systems with environmental test equipment, including thermal and thermal-vacuum chambers, vibration systems, pumps, valves, and programmable controllers

- Collaborate with environmental test, mechanical, electrical, reliability, manufacturing, and software teams to build safe and repeatable test solutions

Requirements:

- Hold a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related technical degree

- Experience through coursework, projects, research, internships, clubs, or personal work in one or more of the following areas:

- Electrical circuits, instrumentation, sensors, or data acquisition

- Embedded systems, PLCs, or industrial automation

- Control systems, state machines, or hardware/software integration

- Strong proficiency in Python

- Clear written communication skills and the ability to work effectively on a cross-functional, hands-on engineering team

- Willingness to work in a lab or factory environment and perform hands-on hardware tasks

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

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Computer Science
- Python
- Electrical circuits
- instrumentation
- sensors
- data acquisition
- Embedded systems
- PLCs
- industrial automation
- Control systems
- state machines
- hardware/software integration

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