Electrical Test Hardware Development 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.

Electrical Test Hardware Development Engineer

As an Avionics Test Hardware Development Engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for developing, designing, and implementing hardware that will test our flight designs and ensure they work for our entire mission in space.

Role

• Develop and design automated hardware design to validate electronic flight hardware
• Design PCBA's to interface with flight hardware
• Review all avionics flight hardware to ensure sufficient DFT (design-for-test)
• Write software in Python to control bench equipment, devices under test, and other test hardware
• Work closely with the design team to provide feedback and insight through qualification and acceptance process
• Design, build, and support test infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop tests

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives
• Hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, eloads, etc.)
• Experience with debugging circuits with embedded software, from oscilloscope to scripting
• A passion for prototyping - designing PCBAs, 3D printing enclosures, etc
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus

• Experience debugging electrical circuits especially signal integrity
• Experience using Altium Designer
• Experience using Python
• Experience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors
• Experience automating tests, test equipment, or similar instrumentation

What we offer: 

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.

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.

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

$105,000—$165,000 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.