# Michael Christen

> Senior Software Engineer at Astranis

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelchristen

Experienced Software Engineer automating tasks in the biotechnology industry.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer - Payload and Network @ Astranis Space Technologies
Jan 2024 – Present
Write embedded and systems software to manage satellite avionics, SDR, and RF systems. Lead design, development, and operation of the software to manage these systems.

### Technical Lead for Simulation Initiative @ Astranis Space Technologies
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Led a team to produce a novel simulation infrastructure that enables the company to discover issues from mission operations to flight software and is now a fundamental part of the development experience of ~100 engineers.

### Senior Flight Software Engineer @ Astranis Space Technologies
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### Flight Software Engineer @ Astranis Space Technologies
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Work on everything from firmware controlling the deployment of solar arrays to high-level processes that monitor the health of our satellite system.

### Software Engineer @ Counsyl
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019
Develop and maintain a microservice based architecture consisting of more than 250 separate python services to run an automated genetic sequencing lab that processes more than 1,000 samples a day

### Software Developer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014

### Intern @ RetailMeNot, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
University of Michigan

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Engineering
University of Michigan


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-christen-b2958552

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Last updated: 2026-04-01