Summer 2026

Electrical Reliability Intern

Updated on 8/6/2026

Astranis

Astranis

501-1,000 employees

GEO satellites delivering bandwidth-as-a-service

Compensation Overview

$29/hr

No H1B Sponsorship

San Francisco, CA, USA

Remote

Bachelor's

Category
Electrical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
LLM
PSpice
Python
Oscilloscope
LTSpice

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Requirements
  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or an equivalent technical degree.
  • Interest in learning about, designing, and working with power electronics systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch.
Responsibilities
  • Perform reliability analyses on satellite systems.
  • Work with the reliability design team to analyze flight hardware.
  • Support design failure mode and effects analysis efforts.
  • Write code to help evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with agentic artificial intelligence systems.
  • Experience with SPICE-based simulators such as LTSpice, PSPICE, or ADS.
  • Familiarity with standard electrical engineering laboratory equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, and multimeters.
  • Experience with Python.

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

  • Astranis raised $450 million on May 6, 2026, bringing total capital above $1.2 billion.
  • MB Group ordered an Astranis satellite for Oman on January 26, 2026.
  • Chunghwa Telecom's Taiwan satellite contract and later launch planning deepen commercial backlog.

What critics are saying

  • Arcturus lost full commercial service after a solar-array drive anomaly in 2026.
  • Block 3 slipped from 2025 to 2026, exposing launch dependency on SpaceX.
  • Repeated spacecraft failures would destroy government trust and derail Astranis's 2030 satellite-constellation plan.

What makes Astranis unique

  • Astranis mass-produces MicroGEO satellites for dedicated national coverage, unlike shared GEO operators.
  • Astranis sells sovereign connectivity packages, pairing spacecraft, launch, and operations into one contract.
  • Astranis won U.S. Space Force PTS-G prime contractor status on August 28, 2025.

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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

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-4%

2 year growth

0%
SpaceNews
May 6th, 2026
Astranis secures $450 million in equity, debt to expand small GEO satellite production

Astranis secures $450 million in equity, debt to expand small GEO satellite production Astranis secures $450 million in equity, debt to expand small GEO satellite production

Future Digital Solutions
Apr 19th, 2025
Chunghwa and Astranis Collaborate on Developing Taiwan-Centric Satellite Solutions

Chunghwa Telecom has entered a partnership with Astranis to create a geostationary satellite specifically designed for Taiwan.

Central News Agency (CNA)
Apr 15th, 2025
Chunghwa Telecom to launch Taiwan's 1st dedicated satellite with Astranis

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.

Castle Placement
Dec 3rd, 2024
Communications and Networking Telecom Capital Raises in the U.S. - November 16th-30th, 2024

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.

EIN News
Nov 6th, 2024
Orbits Satellite Corporation and Brightside International Corporation Sign a US$7B Agreement

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.