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Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Winter 2027) Verified today

Astranis · San Francisco, CA · RF & Comms · first seen 2026-09-24
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Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Winter 2027)

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits. With five satellites on orbit and a backlog of over $1 billion in commercial contracts, we are looking for an Associate Engineer to join our 500-strong team in San Francisco.

This is a 12-week salaried role for graduates who have received (or will receive before start) a bachelor's degree. Associate Engineers at Astranis work on projects of equal importance and difficulty to those given to full-time staff. Many past associates have designed hardware and software now flying on our satellites, and many have joined Astranis permanently.

What you will do

  • Design, simulate, implement, and test our internally developed software defined radio hardware
  • Bring up and debug hardware in the lab with top-of-the-line instruments and equipment
  • Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware
  • Integrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the team

Requirements

  • A passion for hardware development in a fast-paced, hands-on environment
  • Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test PCBA hardware from scratch (student design teams, competitions, personal projects)
  • Solid EE foundation in one or more of the following:
    • Analog design (op amps, transistors, RLC filters)
    • Digital design (FPGAs, SOCs, SERDES, DDR, LVDS)
    • Mixed signal design (ADCs, DACs, power integrity)
    • RF design (Lineups, s-parameters, impedance matching)

Bonus 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
  • EE lab bench equipment (power supply, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers)

Compensation

Base salary: $1,925 per week.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required. This is required to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.