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

Join our team as a Hardware Design Intern, Software Defined Radio Team (Summer 2026) and contribute to the design, simulation, implementation, and testing of our internally developed software defined radio hardware. You will work closely with the rest of the team to integrate these systems into the spacecraft.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on hard problems and contribute to meaningful projects. Many past interns have designed and tested hardware/software that is now flying on our first satellite, and many of them are now full-time employees at Astranis.

Requirements:

• 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)

Bonus:

• 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)

The base pay for this position is $29.00 per hour.