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

Astranis Space Technologies builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. They are seeking a Hardware Design Intern for the Software Defined Radio Team to work on hardware development and testing for satellite systems.

What you'll do:

• 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

What they're looking for:

• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Currently pursuing a 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)
• U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
• 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)