Electrical Engineering Manager (Mixed Signal Hardware)
Astranis
San Francisco, United States Posted October 26, 2026
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Salary Range
$150,000 - $200,000
Job Description
Join our team as an Electrical Engineering Manager, where you will lead the development of cutting-edge Software Defined Radios for space applications. You will oversee the entire hardware development process, from architecture definition to board design, testing, and qualification. As a team leader, you will mentor and develop a team of electrical engineers, ensuring continuous technical innovation and industry expertise. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including equity in the company, unlimited vacation days, and a healthy catered lunch every day.
- As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the entire hardware development process for custom Software Defined Radios, from architecture definition to testing and qualification.
- You will lead and develop a team of electrical engineers, ensuring the design of innovative software defined radios capable of running complex signal processing algorithms in space.
- You will manage design workflows for highly complex PCBAs, architect ultra high-speed mixed signal systems, and ensure competitiveness through continuous technical innovation.
- 8+ years of PCB-level experience designing hardware from concept through production (schematic capture, layout, bring-up, characterization, etc)
- B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering, or similar technical degree
- Proven leadership through project management, mentorship, and people management experience
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design
- 8+ years of professional experience in mixed-signal and high-speed digital hardware design. Examples include FPGAs, high speed data converters, SerDes and high speed serial links, networking, JESD204C
- Proven record of delivering custom designed hardware that spans the entire range of signal chain design, integration of FPGAs with high speed data converters, custom power and clocking solutions, and supporting RTL development
- Strong background in mixed signal system performance measurement, design validation, and debugging (EVM testing, spur analysis, multi-carrier measurements, etc)
- Experience with Altium or similar EDA tools for high-density PCB design
- Experience with design and analysis of payloads for satellite communications, including radiation effects within FPGA based systems or highly complex digital devices
- Experience simulating high speed digital protocols using Ansys SIwave, Keysight ADS, or similar tools
- Strong background in digital communications theory and measurement of radio nonidealities (HD, IMD, IQ imbalance, gain ripple, group delay distortion, etc)
- History of leading small teams and mentoring employees, strong communication skills, and ability to make high impact decisions under uncertainty
- An individual who has built and overseen the entire design cycle of FPGA based software defined radios for GEO space telecommunications satellites
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