Senior Spectrum Engineer · Astranis

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:21:12 GMT
Engineering

Astranis · United States · $180,000-$245,000 USD · onsite

As our Senior Spectrum Engineer, you will be the primary technical owner of Astranis's GSO network coordination efforts. This involves managing Astranis's technical coordination efforts across its portfolio of GSO orbital slots, developing Astranis's orbital portfolio by identifying new opportunities for spectrum rights at GSO orbital slots, and preparing ITU filings and managing Astranis's ITU filing portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

Running detailed interference analyses for GSO-GSO and GSO-NGSO using Visualyse or similar tools

Building a robust process for proactively, and quickly, reaching out to coordination partners and responding to coordination requests

Coordinating across Astranis internal teams to ensure buy-in across executive, sales, and networking teams

Preparing technical filings (e.g., FCC Schedules S) for market access or licenses to operate as needed

Developing technical analyses for FCC proceedings

Requirements include:

Confident running and interpreting interference studies for coordination purposes (GSO-GSO and ideally GSO-NGSO as well)

Experience using Visualyse, MATLAB, STK or an equivalent tool

Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Solid industry knowledge of what other operators are doing and the current lay of the land with the industry & coordination

Engineering Bachelor's (preferred electrical/communications)

5+ years regulatory experience in satellite spectrum matters

Knows their way around an IFIC

Experience using ITU software to generate orbital slot filings

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is just one component of Astranis's total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.