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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.\nFPGA Associate (Winter 2027)\nAssociate positions at Astranis typically last for twelve weeks, and are salaried roles designed for new grads who have who have graduated from a four-year university.\nAs an associate, 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, no matter their seniority. 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Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.\nBonus:\nExperience with UVM and advanced SystemVerilog verification\nExperience with Xilinx FPGAs\nExperience with Vivado IDE, TCL\nFamiliarity with system level estimates and implications of power, thermal, and real estate\nExperience with high speed data converters (ADCs, DACs, JESD204B)\nExperience with circuit level debugging\nExperience with digital communication theory and implementation, such as LDPC implementations\nExperience with space-based systems\nExperience with modern communication systems (RF, IF/IQ, time/freq domains, modulation)\nExperience in at least 1 domain beyond logic design. 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