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Today Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe - large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. \nWith 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.\nAstranis 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. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.\nSoftware Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Winter 2027)\nAssociate 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). \nAs 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. \nIf you are still a college student, please apply to join us as an Intern. \nRole\nDesign, simulate, implement, and test our internally developed software defined radio hardware\nBringup and debug hardware in the lab with top of the line instruments and equipment\nWrite code to help evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware\nIntegrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team\nRequirements\nA passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development\nCurrently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent \nDemonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test PCBA hardware from scratch (student design team projects, design competitions, personal projects)\nSolid EE foundation in one or more of the following areas:\nanalog design (op amps, transistors, RLC filters)\ndigital design (FPGAs, SOCs, SERDES, DDR, LVDS)\nmixed signal design (ADCs, DACs, power integrity)\nRF design (Lineups, s-parameters, impedance matching)\nBonus\nExperience building or using software defined radios\nExperience with Altium Designer (or other PCB design software)\nExperience with analysis software (ADS, ANSYS, Matlab)\nExperience with Python or similar programming languages\nExperience with soldering and rework\nExperience with EE lab bench equipment (power supply, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers, etc)\nThe base salary for this position is $1,925 per week.\nBase Salary\n$1,925—$1,925 USD\nU.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required\n(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))\nOur mission and products are built for everyone, regardless of gender, race, creed, or background. 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