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Communications/DSP Associate Engineer Program

Communications/DSP Associate Engineer Program

CompanyAstranis
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$1750 – $1750
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelEntry Level/New Grad

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
  • Don’t meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Responsibilities

  • Design signal processing for custom software defined radio hardware (ex. 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

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with software defined radios
  • Experience with Python
  • Experience with GNU Radio
  • Experience with FPGA development (and/or embedded C)