Astranis
Senior Electrical Engineer- SDR Hardware
$175K–$240K
San Francisco +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 22, 2025
- Location
- San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5-10+ years of experience.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status required.
About the job
Designs, qualifies, and tests custom software-defined radios for satellite payload and telemetry, tracking, and control systems.
What you'll do
- Design and test high-speed digital SERDES interfaces, and design and lay out high-speed digital PCBs.
- Characterize data converters and test and validate the full radio signal chain.
- Identify devices that meet performance requirements and integrate radio systems into spacecraft with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- 5-10+ years of experience.
- B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
- Experience with digital communications theory and measurement, the full RF signal chain, and RF test equipment (VNA, Spectrum analyzer, Signal generator).
- Experience with PCB design and Altium or similar EDA tools; strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with wideband programmable data converters, high-speed clock trees, or high-reliability systems.
- Familiarity with radio nonidealities or Python for measurement automation and data analysis.
Pay
$175,000 — $240,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
FPGAs, SERDES, VNA, Spectrum analyzer, Signal generator, Altium, Python
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