# Hardware Design Associate, Software Defined Radio Team (Summer 2026)

**Astranis**

- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Salary:** Not disclosed
- **Clearance:** None required
- **Eligibility:** US person or protected individual
- **Export control:** ITAR/EAR controlled
- **Visa:** Not specified
- **Discipline:** Other
- **Seniority:** Junior
- **Posted:** 2026-01-22

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Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. 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 is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. 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. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

**Hardware Design Associate, Software Defined Radio Team (Summer 2026)**

Associate Engineer positions typically last for twelve weeks, and are salaried roles designed for students who have already received a bachelor's degree (or who will have done so before working at Astranis).

As an Associate Engineer, you will have an amazing opportunity to work on hard problems — we pride ourselves on giving everyone at Astranis a chance to do meaningful work on challenging projects, and our Associate Engineers work on projects that are of equal importance and difficulty to the projects we give our full-time employees. Many past Associate Engineers have designed and tested hardware/software that is heading to space on our first satellite, and many now work at Astranis full-time.

If you are still a college student, please apply to join us as an Intern.

#### **Role**

- Design, simulate, implement, and test our internally developed software defined radio hardware

- Bringup and debug hardware in the lab with top of the line instruments and equipment

- 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**

- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development

- Hold a Bachelor’s 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:

- 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

- 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)

The base salary for this position is $1,925 per week.Base Salary$1,925—$1,925 USD**U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required**
(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.

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