# Software Defined Radio Hardware Associate (Summer 2027) at Astranis

- Company: Astranis
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and Felicis.
- Company website: http://www.astranis.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Associate
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply by: 2026-11-07
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/astranis/jobs/4715983006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astranis-software-defined-radio-hardware-associate-summer-2027/

## About the role

As an Associate Engineer, you will have an amazing opportunity to work on hard problems — we pride ourselves on giving everyone at Astranis a chance to do meaningful work on challenging projects, and our Associate Engineers work on projects that are of equal importance and difficulty to the projects we give our full-time employees. Many past Associate Engineers have designed and tested hardware/software that is heading to space on our first satellite, and many now work at Astranis full-time.

## What they're looking for

- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Hold a Bachelor’s 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)

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