Responsibilities
- Design and build high-performance, reliable, mission-critical software used to send commands to space.
- Build services that autonomously control satellites, monitor telemetry for anomalies, and provide real-time situational awareness.
- Take full ownership of features across backend and infrastructure.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements, architectures, and designs.
- Contribute to software supporting both commercial and U.S. government programs.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or an equivalent degree.
- Strong proficiency in Python.
- Experience and understanding of databases such as Postgres.
- Experience and understanding of pub/sub and streaming systems such as RabbitMQ and Flink.
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status is required for compliance with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.
Benefits
- Typically a twelve-week internship for students currently enrolled at a four-year university.
- Hourly role with a base pay of $29.00 per hour.
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status is required.
- The role contributes to commercial and U.S. government programs.
Tech Stack
About Astranis
Astranis builds low-cost satellites for high orbits. Our first product, MicroGEO, offers the world’s lowest-cost satellite broadband. Operating in geostationary orbit, each MicroGEO satellite can provide dedicated satellites to small and medium-sized countries, Fortune 1000 companies, and other commercial customers. Astranis has built a $1 billion backlog for 12+ MicroGEO satellites launching over the next two years. Astranis also offers services across orbits and use cases. With contracts in place with Space Force, NASA, and other government partners, Astranis is working across MEO and GEO to support government science, PNT, and communications missions. Astranis has raised $750 million from top global investors and employs a team of over 400 engineers and builders, headquartered at Historic Pier 70 in San Francisco, California.