SDR Hardware Design Intern: Build & Test Satellite RF

Astranis Space Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

12-week internship

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies is seeking a Hardware Design Intern for the Software Defined Radio Team for Summer 2027. You will design, simulate, implement, and test our SDR hardware, bring up and debug in the lab, and write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.

The role is a 12-week internship for students currently enrolled in a four-year university, offering hands-on experience with high‑impact space hardware and opportunities to contribute to future missions.

Qualifications

• 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, digital design, mixed signal design, RF design.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Hardware development

PCB design

Hands-on design

EE fundamentals

Education

Pursuing Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium Designer

ADS

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies is seeking a Hardware Design Intern for the Software Defined Radio Team for Summer 2027. You will design, simulate, implement, and test our SDR hardware, bring up and debug in the lab, and write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.

The role is a 12-week internship for students currently enrolled in a four-year university, offering hands-on experience with high‑impact space hardware and opportunities to contribute to future missions.