engineering
Posted Jan 22Hardware Design Intern, Software Defined Radio Team (Summer 2026)
at Astranis
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Design, simulate, implement, and test our internally developed software defined radio hardware
- Write code to help evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware
- Integrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team Requirements
Requirements
- If you have already graduated from a four-year university, please apply to be an Associate Engineer. Role
- Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test PCBA hardware from scratch (student design team projects, design competitions, personal projects)
- Solid EE foundation in one or more of the following areas:
- digital design (FPGAs, SOCs, SERDES, DDR, LVDS)
- Experience with Altium Designer (or other PCB design software) •
- Experience with analysis software (ADS, ANSYS, Matlab) •
- Experience with Python or similar programming languages •
- Experience with soldering and rework •
- Experience with EE lab bench equipment (power supply, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers, etc)
Benefits
- With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
- Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs.
- RF design (Lineups, s-parameters, impedance matching) Bonus •
- The base pay for this position is $29.00 per hour.
- Base Hourly Pay $29 — $29 USD U.S.
Additional details
- Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system.