RF Test Engineer - Astranis Space Technologies : Job Details

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military.

Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world's best investors and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs.

The payload team is responsible for the development of RF and mixed signal hardware. This includes but is not limited to: frequency converters, RF amplifiers, oscillators, software defined radios, and data converters. In this role you will work with hardware designers and other payload engineers to create test systems from the ground up to validate designs and qualify them for space environments.

Role:

• Develop test solutions for automated testing of RF and mixed signal hardware: frequency converters, RF amplifiers, oscillators, software defined radios, data converters, etc.
• Characterize and calibrate the performance of Astranis radio subsystems (gain, nonlinearity, phase noise, frequency drift over temperature, emissions compliance, EVM, BER, etc)
• Develop and manage test plans, coordinating with hardware engineers to ensure testing validates design requirements
• Develop and utilize Python libraries for interfacing with test instruments, units under test, and results processing
• Validate and qualify hardware designs for space environments, interpreting results and providing feedback to the hardware designers
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in EE, CS (or equivalent background knowledge)
• 1-6 years of experience
• Experience with Python (or other high-level scripting languages)
• Experience taking measurements on RF and mixed signal devices with standard test equipment (network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, etc)
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus:

• 2+ years of experience testing communications or RF systems
• Experience with test automation
• Strong grasp of digital communications concepts
• Experience with FPGAs or software defined radios (SDR)
• Experience designing PCBs using Altium or similar
• Familiarity with test and qualification of electronics for space

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is a single component of Astranis's total rewards package, which may also include equity in the form of incentive stock options, high quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance benefits, flexible PTO, 401(K) retirement, and free on-site catered meals.

Base Salary: $120,000—$155,000 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, Or Refugee/Asylee Status Required

Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.