Senior Electrical Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.<br><br>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.</p></div><div class="section page-centered"> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"> <h4>Senior Electrical Engineer&nbsp;</h4> <div> <div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"> <div>As a senior electrical engineer on the Avionics team at Astranis you will be responsible for leading designs for the sub-systems that form the backbone of our satellites' internal communication, power distribution, sensor aggregation, and flight computer systems.&nbsp; You'll take ownership of the architecture for the avionics systems, drive discussions on key design trades, and work collaboratively with engineers across the organization to develop creative and innovative solutions that will push the envelope of satellite technology.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div class="section page-centered"> <div> <h3>Role</h3> <ul> <li>Architect, design, and develop space and radiation tolerant and highly reliable electronics that will support the operation of our satellites</li> <li>Drive electronics design from concept development, requirements gathering, architecture definition, component selection, schematic capture, layout, simulation, DFx, bringup, verification, and through to qualification</li> <li>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</li> <li>Work closely with our CMs to ensure designs are manufacturable, built on-time, and meet Astranis’s quality and reliability needs</li> <li>Develop and maintain schedules and ensure that project stakeholders are regularly informed</li> <li>Help build optimal processes for hardware development and collaboration across the company &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp