Electrical Engineer- SDR Hardware

Astranis•San Francisco, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Astranis builds and operates advanced satellites for high orbits, serving commercial, government, and military customers. The company has a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs and designs, builds, and operates its satellites from its 153,000-square-foot headquarters in Northern California. The job posting describes a Radio Hardware Engineer responsible for designing, qualifying, and testing custom software-defined radios. The role focuses on state-of-the-art high-speed hardware and works closely with RTL, communications, and RF teams to design radio systems for payload and telemetry, tracking, and command (TTC) systems. The engineer will design and test high-speed digital data systems, work with FPGAs and data converters, develop and lay out PCBs, validate the radio signal chain, and integrate systems into spacecraft. The role also assists with recruiting, interviewing, and hiring teammates. The role offers compensation that includes equity and benefits. The stated base salary range is $115,000–$175,000 USD. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or other protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or an equivalent technical degree.
Passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development.
Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch.
Experience with Altium or similar EDA tools.
Experience with high-density PCB design.
Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills.
Experience designing high-speed clock trees.
Comfort working with the full RF signal chain.
U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or other protected-individual status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), as required by U.S. Government space technology export regulations.

Nice To Haves

Experience using state-of-the-art wideband programmable data converters.
Familiarity with radio nonidealities, including HD, IMD, IQ imbalance, gain ripple, and group delay distortion.
Familiarity with high-speed SERDES protocols; JESD204B familiarity is an additional bonus.
Experience with RF test and measurement equipment.
Experience with digital communications theory and measurement.
Experience with Python for measurement automation and data analysis.

Responsibilities

Design and test ultra-high-speed digital data systems.
Work with state-of-the-art FPGAs and data converters.
Design and lay out PCBs to implement the systems.
Test and validate the full radio signal chain.
Integrate the systems into the spacecraft in collaboration with the rest of the team.
Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates.