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Thermal Associate Engineer (Winter 2027)

Astranis· Engineering
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San Francisco, CA$0Full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Associate Engineer role at Astranis focused on designing, analyzing, building, and testing satellite hardware/software with emphasis on thermal systems for space hardware. Twelve-week, salaried program for graduates or soon-to-be graduates.

Responsibilities

  • Work together with the engineering team to design, analyze, build, and test satellite hardware and/or software.
  • Support design trades that balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
  • Perform thermal analysis to varying degrees of fidelity (simplified to detailed) on hardware such as propulsion components, batteries, high powered electronics, RF components, mechanisms, and PCBs.
  • Design, evaluate, procure and test thermal solutions (heaters, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, surface coatings).
  • Develop processes and procedures for integration and assembly to ensure thermal design intent is met; collaborate with integration and test team for installation of thermal hardware as needed.
  • Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at component and spacecraft level.

Qualifications

  • Have a four-year degree in mechanical, aerospace, or equivalent technical degree (e.g. physics or applied math)
  • A passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including fast-paced, hands-on design and development
  • Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch
  • US Citizenship or Green Card

Skills

Required:Thermal analysis
Nice to have:CADAnalytical thermal software (e.g., ANSYS, Thermal Desktop)Electronics systems design and packaging

Benefits

  • Base salary of $1,925 per week (base salary)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Advanced satellites for high orbits.

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 $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock, and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

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