Hardware Design Associate, Software Defined Radio Team (Fall 2026)

About the role

Astranis is seeking a Hardware Design Associate to join our Software Defined Radio team. This role is part of our Associate Engineer program, which is designed for students who have completed their bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• 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 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, digital design, mixed signal design, RF design

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)

Pay

The base salary for this position is $1,925 per week.