Ground Software Engineer — Intern (Spring 2025)

Ground Software Engineer — Intern

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 satellite, and many of them are now full-time employees at Astranis. If you have already graduated from a four-year university, please apply to be an Associate Engineer.

Role

• Work with the engineering team to design, build, and implement our ground software system for GEOSat-1
• Collaborate with our operations and satellite teams to build command interfaces and telemetry screens that command and control our satellite through its mission
• This position is for 12 weeks

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree
• Object-oriented: Python or other
• Demonstrated ability to design, write, and test software from scratch
• US Citizenship or Green Card
• 40 hours per week minimum
• Must be onsite in San Francisco 3 days a week minimum
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus

• Database: SQL, NoSQL
• Experience with tools like Docker and load balancers for cloud resource provisioning, deployment, and management
• Inter process communication