Join Astranis as a Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate to work on hardware design and testing for advanced satellite technology.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 days ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design, simulate, implement, and test software defined radio hardware
- Bringup and debug hardware in the lab
- Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing
- Integrate systems into the spacecraft
Must have
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test PCBA hardware
Nice to have
- Experience building or using software defined radios
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Experience with analysis software
- Experience with Python or similar programming languages
- Experience with soldering and rework
- Experience with EE lab bench equipment
Practical constraints
- U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement.
Joblaze summary
The Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate at Astranis focuses on designing, simulating, implementing, and testing hardware for satellite communications. Candidates should have a solid foundation in electrical engineering, particularly in areas like analog, digital, or RF design, and experience with hardware development and testing. This role is ideal for recent graduates eager to tackle complex engineering challenges in a fast-paced environment, with many past associates transitioning to full-time positions. Astranis emphasizes meaningful contributions, allowing associates to work on projects critical to the company's satellite missions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 25, 2026. Last confirmed on Astranis's careers page November 10, 2026.
- Python appears in 20.8% of 658 comparable intern other roles in United States; Altium Designer appears in 1.1% of 658 comparable intern other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Astranis lists $1,925–$1,925 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: ADS, ANSYS, Altium Designer, Electrical Engineering, MATLAB, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Astranis targets intern candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Internship for this Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Summer 2027) role at Astranis.
From the original posting
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.
Hardware Design Associate, Software Defined Radio Team (Summer 2027)
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)
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