Electrical Reliability Engineer, Astranis
$100-160k
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3+ days a week in office
Next generation satellite broadband service
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Next generation satellite broadband service
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$100-160k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give the 4 billion people without access to internet the ability to get online.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience as a component, reliability engineer, or electrical engineer
- 2+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: semiconductor physics, physics of failure, accelerated testing, design for reliability
Desirable
- Knowledge of accelerated test profiles for component-level screening and qualification testing
- Understanding of HALT/HASS test profiles and reliability assessments
- Knowledge of supplier quality processes: production part approval process, advanced product quality planning, first article inspection reports, product lifecycle management systems, etc
- Experience performing failure analysis and destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure
- Experience maintaining source control documentations for EEE components
- Experience gathering and interpreting PPAP documentation for EEE components
What the job involves
- As a component reliability engineer with Astranis you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that our spacecraft meet our mission reliability and lifetime goals and ensure that we are able effectively leverage new technologies into our spacecraft electronics
- The component reliability engineer will work closely with our electrical, thermal, and mechanical teams to select EEE components, assess their reliability, design solutions to our reliability challenges, and to plan and execute additional qualification or screening processes as needed
- You’ll support the team in pushing the boundary of what is possible in a geo-synchronous spacecraft design and enable performance in space that has not been realized to date
- Develop physics of failures based models to predict EEE component life and assess the impact of component failure on mission life
- Develop qualification and screening tests and derating guidelines for flight rated EEE components
- Advise designers on parts selection based on part qualification levels and reliability test data
- Drive failure analysis on EEE component failures to determine root causes and identify corrective actions
- Assist in maintaining the approved component library in Astranis’s ECAD and PLM databases
Our take
Internet access is swiftly becoming a core feature of modern life across the world - as of 2021, nearly 60% of the global population were active internet users, and the number is only set to climb. Looking to facilitate and benefit from this are Astranis, who have developed advanced small-form factor satellite technology (similar to SpaceX) to improve satellite internet access across the world.
This has proven an astronomically successful proposition with an overwhelming demand from global customers, including a partnership to triple data speeds across the state of Alaska. This is no surprise, as provision of basic internet capabilities is in the interests of industry, governments, and the population at large.
With a valuation of $1.6 billion, the company's April 2023 injection of capital is set to ensure the company meets its production demands. Its satellite method is already groundbreaking and the company's first one launched in 2023. Two more launches are scheduled for 2024.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Apr 2023
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $603.7m
Company benefits
- An equity stake in the company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited vacation days
- Healthy, delicious, free lunch catered in every day
- Complementary OneMedical membership
- Great office chairs, stand-up desks, and a machine shop
- Reimbursement to spend on commuting from outside SF
- Generous, fully-paid parental leave
Company values
- Master your craft - We take pride in our work and go the extra mile
- Step up - We are unapologetically ambitious and take on great responsibility
- Stay curious - We seek out new knowledge and are happy to teach others what we know
- Assume good - We assume the best of intentions and communicate with kindness and candor
- Take the time - We level up not just at work but beyond — mind, body, spirit, family, community
- Space is hard - We are resilient in the face of adversity and get help when needed
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
John Gedmark
(CEO)John co-founded the Roosevelt Institute think tank in 2004 before working as Director of Flight Operations at X Prize Foundation for 2 years. He co-founded Commercial Spaceflight Federation in 2007, before co-founding Astranis in 2015, serving as CEO.
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