Communications/DSP Associate Engineer (Summer 2026) · Astranis

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:18:44 GMT
Engineering

Astranis · San Francisco · $1,925 per week · onsite

Job Title: Communications/DSP Associate Engineer (Summer 2026)

Astranis is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Communications/DSP Associate Engineer to join our team for a 12-week internship. As a Communications/DSP Associate Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on hard problems and contribute to the design and development of custom software-defined radio hardware.

Responsibilities:

Design signal processing for custom software-defined radio hardware (e.g., channelization, equalization, PA linearization, gain control, carrier synchronization, symbol mapping, framing, channel coding/FEC, etc.)

Work closely with FPGA developers to implement and test the signal processing on radio hardware

Model the end-to-end radio system from earth to space, and back

Drive radio architecture trade studies, run link budgets, optimize the radio system for maximum performance for dozens of markets and use cases around the world

Requirements:

A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and constantly learning

Strong fundamentals in 'signals and systems' (basic transforms, filters, aliasing, analysis in both continuous and discrete domains, interpolation, decimation, etc.)

Strong fundamentals in digital communications (modulation, coding, synchronization, fading, doppler, multiple access, channel capacity, etc.)

Familiar with software development (some experience writing software for DSP, MCU, and/or FPGA, experience in one or more scripting languages)

Familiar with analog concepts (amplifiers, analog filters, gain and delay variation, reflections, compression, etc.)

Experience working with signal generator, signal analyzer, network analyzer, oscilloscope, etc.

US Citizenship or Green Card

Bonus:

Experience with software-defined radios

Experience with Python

Experience with GNU Radio

Experience with FPGA development (and/or embedded C)