Harness Manufacturing Engineer

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.

Harness Manufacturing Engineer

The Harness Manufacturing Engineer is ultimately responsible for the delivery of flight worthy harnesses to integration. This role will encompass several facets of manufacturing and production including work instruction development, assembly, test, tool ownership, metric development, and integration of wire harnesses. Additionally this engineer would work with design engineering to execute and improve a design process to ensure smooth and high-quality harness builds. You will be part of the internal production team.

The ideal candidate has a breadth of experience across both design and build of aerospace harnesses, extensive experience standing up and maintaining production processes with an emphasis on quality and high attention to detail. If high levels of ownership, building harnesses that will go to space, and helping to change the world through access to the internet sounds like a fun challenge - this might be the role for you.

Role

• Work with design engineering teams to design harnesses for manufacturing and quality, including reviewing harness design schematics, drawings, work instructions, and bills of materials (BOMs).

• Develop and qualify manufacturing and test processes, including performing process validation, selecting equipment and tooling, and documentation and training.

• Establish harness/cable routing on spacecraft and assist with integration planning.

• Write production procedures, work order templates, process specifications, and other build documents.

• Provide support to harness production and integration teams to ensure quality and reliability.

• Interact with contract manufacturers as needed, assisting them in delivering high quality harnesses

• Evaluate non-conformances to determine root cause, corrective and preventative actions

• Create, maintain and communicate detailed schedules and status updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent technical degree

• 2+ years of professional experience in wire harness manufacturing

• Hands-on experience building electrical harnesses with both solder- and crimp-style connectors for aerospace applications

• Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings and creating work instructions and bills of material (BOMs) for manufacturing

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal

• Must be onsite 5 days a week

Bonus

• Experience with Zuken design software and 3D CAD software (Solidworks, NX, or similar)

• Has worked with contract manufacturers to outsource harness builds

• Hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc)

• IPC-620 certification

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
$110,000—$145,000 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.