Software Defined Radio Hardware Intern (Winter 2027)

Astranis · Payload Internships

Pay: $29/hr
Where: San Francisco
Posted: Sep 23

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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs.

What you'd do

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
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)

What they want

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