Environmental Test Engineer Associate (Winter 2027)

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.<br><br>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.</p></div><h4 id="EnvironmentalTestEngineerIntern/Associate—2026-JobTitle:EnvironmentalTestEngineer">Environmental Test Engineer Associate (Winter 2027)</h4> <p>Associate Engineer positions typically last for twelve weeks, and are salaried roles designed for students who have already received a bachelor's degree (or who will have done so before working at Astranis).&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>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&nbsp;Associate Engineers have designed and tested hardware/software that is currently in space or heading to space shortly on on of our satellites, and many of them are now full-time employees at Astranis.<br>&nbsp;<br>If you are still a college student, please apply to join us as an Intern.&nbsp;</p> <h4 id="EnvironmentalTestEngineerIntern/Associate—2026-Role">Role</h4> <ul> <li>Work on an interdisciplinary team to design, build, and test satellite hardware and software.</li> <li>Operate and setup environmental test equipment including: <ul> <li>Ambient thermal chambers&nbsp;</li> <li>Thermal Vacuum Chambers (TVAC)</li> <li>Vibration shaker tables&nbsp;</li> <li>EMI/EMC test equipment</li> </ul> </li> <li>Learn to use various pieces of test equipment and instruments (thermal chambers, vibration tables, DAQs, oscilloscopes, etc.) to successfully execute test plans.</li> <li>Set up, operate, and conduct environmental testing including vibration, acoustics, thermal, thermal vacuum, RF</li> </ul> <h4 id="EnvironmentalTestEngineerInt