Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Winter 2027) Verified today
Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Winter 2027)
This is a 12-week salaried associate engineer position for candidates who hold (or will hold by start date) a bachelor's degree. You will work on projects of equal importance and difficulty to those assigned to full-time engineers.
What you will do
- Design, simulate, implement, and test internally developed software defined radio hardware
- Bring up and debug hardware in the lab using professional instruments and equipment
- Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware
- Integrate systems into the spacecraft by collaborating with the broader engineering team
What you need
- Currently pursuing or have completed a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test PCBA hardware from scratch (student projects, competitions, or personal work)
- Solid EE foundation in at least one of: analog design (op amps, transistors, RLC filters); digital design (FPGAs, SOCs, SERDES, DDR, LVDS); mixed signal design (ADCs, DACs, power integrity); or RF design (lineups, s-parameters, impedance matching)
- Passion for hardware development in fast-paced, hands-on environments
Bonus qualifications
- Experience building or using software defined radios
- Altium Designer or other PCB design software
- Analysis software (ADS, ANSYS, Matlab)
- Python or similar programming languages
- Soldering and rework experience
- EE lab bench equipment (power supply, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers)
Compensation
Base salary: $1,925 per week
Eligibility
U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status required to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.