Hardware Test Engineer
Astranis · San Francisco
Est. total comp~$151K–$236KFrom the posting
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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Hardware Test Engineer
As a Hardware Test Engineer, you'll work across engineering disciplines to make sure our hardware meets the highest bar for quality and reliability. You'll own testing from concept through high-rate production. That means building the test plans and systems that prove out designs, running the labs that generate the evidence, presenting results that drive key decisions, and following failures through to corrective action. …
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Required 7 items
2y
Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or a related field
Experience: 2+ years of experience in testing power electronics, avionics, or high-reliability electronic hardware
Skills and tools: Python, Schematics, Oscilloscope, Data acquisition
Clearance and work authorization: US person (ITAR)
Preferred 2 items
Skills and tools: Linux, SQL
Also in the posting: on-site
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