Mission Engineering Associate (Fall 2026)

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.

Role:

• Work with mission engineers to design, create, test, and execute satellite operations procedures, including commissioning procedures and nominal operations procedures


• Investigate anomalies and work with the mission operations and engineering team to safely resolve them


• Participate in commanding activities of our first five operational spacecraft


• Help develop tools and processes to enable the Mission Operations team to maintain a high level of service uptime for our customer


• Automate manual processes using scripting and software tools

Requirements:

• Have 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


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