Join Astranis as an Avionics Associate Engineer to work on building and testing flight hardware for advanced satellites.
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What you'll build
- Build and test flight hardware
- Design test equipment
- Debug designs in the lab
- Write code for performance evaluation
- Assist with low level software
Must have
- Four-year degree in electrical or computer engineering
- Interest in spacecraft systems
- Experience with Python and/or C++
- Ability to design, build, and test hardware
- US Citizenship or Green Card
Nice to have
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Experience with SPICE-based simulators
- Comfortable with soldering and rework
- Familiarity with standard EE lab bench
- Familiarity with basic switched mode converter design
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement.
Joblaze summary
The Avionics Associate Engineer at Astranis engages in hands-on work with the avionics engineering team, focusing on building and testing flight hardware. Key skills include proficiency in Python or C++, along with experience in hardware design and testing. This role is ideal for recent graduates with a background in electrical or computer engineering who are planning to pursue a master's degree. Astranis emphasizes meaningful contributions, allowing associates to tackle significant projects alongside full-time engineers.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Astranis lists $1,925–$1,925 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Python.
- Does Astranis sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Astranis targets intern candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Internship for this Avionics Associate Engineer (Winter 2027) role at Astranis.
From the original posting
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.
Avionics Associate Engineer (Winter 2027)
Associate Engineer positions typically last for twelve weeks, and are salaried roles designed for students who have already received a bachelor's degree, and plan to return to receive their Master's following their Associate role 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
- Work with the avionics engineering team to build and test flight hardware
- Design test equipment to validate designs across a wide range of stressed conditions
- Bring up and debug designs in the lab
- Write code to help evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware
- Assist with low level software to interface with various spacecraft subsystems
Requirements
- Have a four-year degree in electrical or computer engineering (or equivalent technical degree), with plans to pursue a graduate degree following your time at Astranis.
- Interest in learning about, designing, and working with various spacecraft systems and subsystems
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Experience with Python and/or C++
- 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 Altium Designer (or other PCB design software)
- Experience with SPICE-based simulators (LTSpice, PSPICE, ADS, etc)
- Comfortable with soldering and rework
- Familiarity with standard EE lab bench (power supply, oscilloscope, multimeter, etc)
- Familiarity with basic switched mode converter design (boost and buck converters)
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