Astranis
Astranis designs, builds, and operates the world’s most advanced high-orbit satellites.
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Job facts
- Location
- San Francisco
- Department
- 3202 Comm Systems
- Posted
- May 01, 2026
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RF Systems Engineer
at Astranis
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. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon,
the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial
contracts.
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, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and
Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis
designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft.
headquarters in Northern California, USA.
As an RF systems
engineer on the team, you'll be responsible for defining the RF systems
roadmap, trades, technology incubation and driving RF sub-systems budgets and
requirements, modeling for the commercial and USG satellites payload and
TT&C systems. You'll take ownership of the full lifecycle for your ideas
and work collaboratively with engineers across the organization to develop
creative and innovative solutions that will push the envelope of satellite
technology.
Role
- System budgeting of gain, noise, linearity, distortion, interference, capacity (link budgeting)
- Test planning and execution at the integrated system level as well as board level
- Involved in architectural trades and a range of design decisions all the way down the the the component/circuit level
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.
Requirements
- Familiar with software development (Python, and some C/C++), and fast to learn new tools
- RF system level design and budgeting
- RF testing and test design
- Highly organized and process oriented
- Strong technical communication skills (oral and written)
- Familiar with analog/RF components and associated impairments
- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- A passion for working in a fast-paced environment and constantly learning
- Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.
- 2+ years of RF engineering experience or equivalent
Bonus
- Familiarity with satellite radio systems (ground segment and/or space segment)
- Comfortable with software, especially Python, git
- Experience designing RF hardware
- Familiarity with satellite waveforms and modems (DVB-S2/x, DVB-RCS2)
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.