Mission Engineering Intern (Fall 2026)

Mission Engineering Intern (Fall 2026)

Internships at Astranis typically last for twelve weeks, and are hourly roles designed for students who are currently enrolled at a four-year university.

As an 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 challenging projects, no matter their seniority. Many past interns have designed and tested hardware/software that is heading to space on our first five satellites, and many of them are now full-time employees at Astranis.

Successful candidates will have a proven track record of projects in the aerospace field and a strong background in Python.

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

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

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

Bonus

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.

Base Hourly Pay

$29—$29 USD