Electrical Integration Engineer (Avionics)

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.

Electrical Integration Engineer (Avionics)

As an Electrical Integration Engineer on the Avionics Integration Team at Astranis, you will be responsible for developing, designing, and implementing tests, systems, and processes for the vast majority of electronics on our spacecraft in a Production environment. You'll prove that our suite of avionics, power, propulsion, and thermal designs work across environments to guarantee success on orbit.

Role

• Ensure we deliver high caliber products by implementing new test and production processes that will raise our efficiency and reliability without compromising quality.

• Work closely with quality and design engineers to refine our product test flow

• Develop and design automated hardware and software solutions to test and validate electronics hardware

• Write software in object-oriented Python to control test equipment, custom hardware, and our satellites.

• Lead large, high-visibility test campaigns with multiple stakeholders across the company. This includes scheduling, work distribution, mitigating risks, and top-to-bottom execution.

• Contribute to large inter-org debugging efforts of system-level and unit-level issues

• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree

• 2+ years of experience

• A passion for advancement, with the goal to improve the way we test, standardize our systems and workflows, and solve big-picture problems

• Experience with hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development

• Experience with debugging systems and circuits with multiple layers of hardware and software integration

• Experience to turning high-level requirements into clear objectives

• Experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)

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

Bonus

• Experience implementing production and test processes such as test asset tracking, test system standardization, metrology efforts, and procedure standardization

• Experience with object oriented programming and Python

• Experience with Technical Project Management

• Experience automating tests, test equipment, or similar instrumentation

• Experience in environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC

• Exposure to designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors

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.

Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.

Base Salary
$115,000—$150,000 USD

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

(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

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.