Fall 2026
Software Engineer Intern
Enterprise Systems
Astranis
501-1,000 employees
GEO satellites delivering bandwidth-as-a-service
Compensation Overview
$29/hr
No H1B Sponsorship
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
US Citizenship Required
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- Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical degree
- Experience with Python
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, write, and test software from scratch
- U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
- Collaborate with our engineering team to design, build, and test software that Astranis teams rely on every day to design, test, and manufacture the hardware that powers our satellites
- Test and Production Infrastructure: Help develop and maintain internal applications that support test operations, scheduling, and production tracking across manufacturing
- Hardware Design and Supply Chain Tools: Support internal tools used directly by hardware design and supply chain teams to improve accuracy and efficiency
- Self-Serve Automation and Workflows: Build automated workflows using orchestration tools to reduce manual work across teams
- Data, Analytics and AI Tooling: Contribute to our data warehouse infrastructure, data ingestion pipelines, and BI tooling to power business analytics and AI workflows
- Experience with embedded systems
- Experience with frontend development
- Experience with devops/internal tools
Astranis builds and operates small, low-cost satellites in geostationary orbit to provide bandwidth-as-a-service for global connectivity. Its satellites carry telecom payloads that deliver internet capacity to customers, including commercial entities and government agencies, via turnkey services that simplify procurement and reduce costs. Customers buy bandwidth and use Astranis’ satellite capacity to reach previously unserved regions, rather than building and managing their own satellites. The company differentiates itself by owning the design, manufacturing, and operation of its GEO satellites, enabling cost-efficient, turnkey connectivity solutions for markets that traditional providers overlook. The goal is to close the digital divide by bringing affordable internet access to billions of people worldwide and to build a large, sustainable market for satellite-based connectivity.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$1.2B
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Omega targets roughly 50 Gbps per satellite for higher-capacity deals.[3]
- Chunghwa Telecom partnership expands sovereign, country-specific GEO demand.[3]
- $450 million financing supports manufacturing scale and faster satellite production.[14]
What critics are saying
- Omega production targets depend on manufacturing scale-ups that can slip.[3]
- Direct-to-GEO execution with Impulse Space remains unproven at scale.[13]
- SpaceX launch dependence exposes Astranis to pricing, schedule, and manifest risk.[12]
What makes Astranis unique
- Small GEO satellites cut cost and build time versus legacy comsats.[11][16]
- Proprietary software-defined radios enable flexible coverage and bandwidth allocation.[3][8]
- Bandwidth-as-a-service and turnkey ownership create recurring, customer-specific contracts.[3][12]
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Benefits
An equity stake in the company.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Unlimited vacation days.
Healthy, delicious, free lunch catered in every day.
Complementary OneMedical membership.
Great office chairs, stand-up desks, and a machine shop.
Reimbursement to spend on commuting from outside SF
Generous, fully-paid parental leave.
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -2%1 year growth
↓ -4%2 year growth
↑ 0%Chunghwa Telecom has entered a partnership with Astranis to create a geostationary satellite specifically designed for Taiwan.
Taipei, April 15 (CNA) Taiwan-based telecom service provider Chunghwa Telecom Co. recently signed a strategic agreement with Astranis Space Technologies Corp., an American satellite start-up, to develop the first dedicated compact geostationary orbit (MicroGEO) satellite for Taiwan.
Astranis, operator of a satellite internet company intended to bridge the digital divide, raised an additional $50 million of Series D venture funding from NTT Docomo Ventures, and other investors.
As part of this ambitious effort, Orbits first partnered with Astranis, the world's leading operator of dedicated communications satellites, to construct its latest satellite.
Astranis to develop resilient GPS satellites for USSF.