Electrical Engineer- SDR Hardware
About The Position
As a Radio Hardware Engineer at Astranis, you will design, qualify, and test custom software-defined radios. The role focuses on designing state-of-the-art, high-speed hardware and collaborating closely with RTL, communications, and RF teams to develop radio systems for payload and telemetry, tracking, and control (TTC) systems. You will also integrate radio systems into spacecraft and contribute to recruiting and hiring for the growing team. Astranis designs, builds, and operates satellites from its headquarters in Northern California. The company describes its mission as expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system through advanced satellites for high orbits.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or an equivalent technical degree.
- Passion for hardware development, including hands-on design and development in a fast-paced environment.
- 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), to comply with 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 experience 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 advanced FPGAs and data converters.
- Design and lay out PCBs to implement the systems.
- Test and validate the full radio signal chain.
- Integrate radio systems into spacecraft in collaboration with the broader team.
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional team members.
Benefits
- Equity via incentive stock options.
- Company-subsidized healthcare.
- Disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k) retirement planning.
- Flexible PTO.
- Free on-site catered meals.
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Job Type
Full-time
