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# Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Summer 2027)

- **Company:** Astranis Space Technologies
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $23,100.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Altium Designer, Data Analysis, Network Analysis, Software Debugging, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Digital Access Carrier System, Software Defined Radio, Ansys, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18426936?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18426936%2FSoftware-Defined-Radio-Hardware-Associate-Summer-2027-California-San-Francisco

## About the Role

* 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)

## Description

* 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