Electrical Integration Associate - RF (Summer 2027)
Astranis
CA$1,925 / week
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Description
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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Electrical Integration Associate - RF (Summer 2027)
Electrical Integration Associate - RF 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).
As an Electrical Integration Associate - RF, 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 work on projects that are of equal importance and difficulty to the projects we give our full-time employees. Many past Associate 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 on an interdisciplinary team to design, build, and test satellite hardware and software
- Work with the Electrical, Mechanical, Radio Frequency, and Propulsion engineering teams to develop assembly and integration test plans and procedures based on concepts and designs
- Learn to use various pieces of test equipment and instruments (thermal chambers, vibration tables, DAQs, oscilloscopes, etc.) to successfully execute test plans
- Coordinate assembly, integration and environmental test efforts
- Help solve complex electrical, software, and mechanical problems in an integrated system
Requirements
- Have a four-year degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent technical degree) and graduated within the last 6 months or currently enrolled in a post-graduate program
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize
- Strong communication skills
- Must be onsite 5 days a week
Bonus
- Hands-on experience in designing, building, and testing complex electrical systems
- Experience writing Python code to: Interface with test equipment, process large datasets, visualize data
- Direct electrical or software design experience
- Demonstrated ability to debug hardware and software problems under time pressure
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About this role
Astranis is hiring an Electrical Integration Associate for RF work on its satellite communications systems—a twelve-week summer role based in San Francisco. You'll join an interdisciplinary engineering team designing, building, and testing hardware and software destined for orbit. The work spans electrical, mechanical, and RF integration, with hands-on involvement in assembly, test planning, and environmental validation using thermal chambers, vibration tables, oscilloscopes, and data acquisition systems. You'll also help troubleshoot complex problems across electrical, software, and mechanical domains.
This role is open to recent graduates (within the last six months) or those currently in a post-graduate program with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical field. You should be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, capable of juggling multiple priorities, and willing to work onsite five days a week. Strong communication and hands-on problem-solving skills are essential. Experience with Python for test automation, prior work on complex electrical systems, or a track record of debugging hardware and software under pressure will strengthen your candidacy.
The position pays $1,925 per week and requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or protected status due to export regulations governing space technology.
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