Astranis
CAD Engineer/Librarian Intern (Spring 2027)
About this role
Join Astranis as a CAD Engineer/Librarian Intern for a 12-week opportunity to design and model spacecraft components while maintaining the company's design library and documentation systems. You'll contribute to real hardware projects that fly to space, working in a fast-paced engineering environment at a leading satellite communications company.
What you'll do
- Model and draw spacecraft components, structures, and manifolds using CAD software
- Maintain and improve the design library and data infrastructure
- Develop and document design practices that promote efficiency and quality
- Create and interpret engineering drawings with proper GD&T notation
- Support complex assembly and component design workflows
What they're looking for
- SolidWorks CAD modeling
- GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
- Engineering drawing creation and interpretation
- Technical design documentation
- Mechanical or aerospace engineering fundamentals
- Surface modeling (bonus)
- Spaceflight component design (bonus)
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on hardware that launches to space
- Meaningful, complex project work despite internship status
- Fast-paced, hands-on development environment
- Potential pathway to full-time employment
- Work with industry-leading satellite technology
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Astranis
Astranis builds high-throughput satellite communications systems and spacecraft hardware designed to operate reliably in space environments. The company is hiring for technical roles including network planning engineers, radiation effects specialists, PCB layout engineers, and environmental test engineers to support satellite development and customer network architecture.
- Website
- astranis.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a complex assembly you've modeled in SolidWorks—what challenges did you encounter and how did you solve them?
- Describe your experience with GD&T. How would you apply it to ensure manufacturability of a spacecraft component?