Antenna Associate (Winter 2027) Verified today
Antenna Associate (Winter 2027)
This is a 12-week internship for students currently enrolled at a four-year university. You will work closely with mechanical, thermal, and payload system engineers to design, build and test antenna systems for ongoing and next-generation satellite payloads.
What you will do
- Leverage cutting-edge design tools to realize high-performance communications antenna systems with on-orbit flexibility to meet evolving customer demand.
- Work with vendors to design and procure antenna and RF components and validate their performance through anechoic chamber testing.
- Co-design antenna components and systems in conjunction with mechanical, structural, thermal, and payload systems engineers.
What you need
- Fundamental understanding of electromagnetics, including antenna fundamentals, impedance matching, transmission lines, and circuit matching.
- Experience measuring components using vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and signal sources.
- Demonstrated ability to solve engineering challenges in innovative and creative ways.
- Capability to use industry-standard design tools such as CST, HFSS, or TICRA and scripting to solve engineering problems using Matlab or Python.
Bonus experience
- 3D printing (Direct Metal Laser Sintering and Fused Deposition Modeling).
- Link budget and system calculations including EIRP, noise figure, and G/T.
- Designing waveguide components (OMT, MUX, diplexer, filters, polarizers, etc).
- Experience with reflectors.
Compensation
Base salary: $1,925 per week.
Requirements
U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status required to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.