Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Summer 2026)
Associate Engineer positions typically last for twelve weeks, and are salaried roles designed for students who have already received a bachelors 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:
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).