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

Join Astranis, a satellite technology company, as a Hardware Design Intern for the Fall 2026 semester. As an intern, you will work on challenging projects, design and test hardware/software, and have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. The internship offers a range of benefits, including equity in the company, comprehensive insurance, unlimited vacation days, and more.

• Design, simulate, implement, and test software defined radio hardware.
• Bring up and debug hardware in the lab using top-of-the-line instruments and equipment.
• Write code to evaluate performance and automate testing of satellite hardware.
• 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)
• Mixed signal design (ADCs, DACs, power integrity)
• Analog design (op amps, transistors, RLC filters)
• RF design (Lineups, s-parameters, impedance matching)
• Digital design (FPGAs, SOCs, SERDES, DDR, LVDS)
• Solid EE foundation in one or more of the following areas:
• 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 EE lab bench equipment (power supply, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network analyzers, etc)
• Experience with soldering and rework