Satellite RF Hardware Engineer (FPGA/High-Speed)

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

401(k) retirement

Flexible PTO

On-site meals

Job summary

Astranis in San Francisco is seeking a Radio Hardware Engineer to design, qualify, and test our custom software defined radios. You will work closely with RTL, Comms, and RF teams to build radios for our payload and TTC systems, handling signals in volts, bits, and dB's.

Required are a B.S./M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, hands-on hardware development, and experience with Altium and high-density PCB design.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
• Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch.
• Experience with Altium or similar EDA tools and high-density PCB design.

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 these systems.
• Test and validate full radio signal chain.
• Integrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team.
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Skills

High-speed design

RF design

Analog design

Hands-on hardware

PCB design

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

PCB layout tools

Job description

Astranis in San Francisco is seeking a Radio Hardware Engineer to design, qualify, and test our custom software defined radios. You will work closely with RTL, Comms, and RF teams to build radios for our payload and TTC systems, handling signals in volts, bits, and dB's.

Required are a B.S./M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, hands-on hardware development, and experience with Altium and high-density PCB design.