Senior Electrical Engineer
TLDR
Lead innovative designs for the sub-systems of advanced satellites that support communication, power distribution, and sensor aggregation.
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.
Senior Electrical Engineer
Role
- Architect, design, and develop space and radiation tolerant and highly reliable electronics that will support the operation of our satellites
- Drive electronics design from concept development, requirements gathering, architecture definition, component selection, schematic capture, layout, simulation, DFx, bringup, verification, and through to qualification
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, thermal, software, RTL, RF, GNC, and manufacturing engineers to solve challenging problems and develop innovative and creative solutions
- Work closely with our CMs to ensure designs are manufacturable, built on-time, and meet Astranis’s quality and reliability needs
- Develop and maintain schedules and ensure that project stakeholders are regularly informed
- Help build optimal processes for hardware development and collaboration across the company
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.
Requirements
- B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering, or similar technical degree
- 8+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles
- 8+ years of board level experience designing hardware from concept through production.
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test hardware from scratch
- Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills
- Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.
Bonus
- 5+ years of experience with designing and implementing signal conditioning, sensors, electro-mechanical actuators, power switches, embedded computers, or such hardware.
- Experience with FPGAs, Microcontrollers, and communication schemes (RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, I2C)
- Experience leading a team of engineers and working with teams in other disciplines.
- Strong understanding of computers and knowledge of C, C++, or Python
- Radiation effects knowledge
- Environmental test experience
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.
Benefits
Equity Compensation
Significant equity package via incentive stock options
Free Meals & Snacks
Free on-site catered meals
Health Insurance
High-quality company-subsidized healthcare
Paid Time Off
Flexible PTO
Astranis builds and deploys small, low-cost telecommunications satellites designed to bring broadband connectivity to underserved and remote areas globally. By focusing on providing secure networks for large enterprises, governments, and the military, Astranis is on a mission to close the digital divide for the billions currently without internet access.