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.
• Demonstrated interest or experience in aerospace through hands-on experience with space systems, spacecraft operations, or mission design
• 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 operating spacecraft or other aerospace systems
• Experience doing telemetry analysis and anomaly investigations
• Experience with cross-functional systems and operations design
• Experience with software development tools such as Git and AI coding agents