Avionics Team Lead — Spacecraft Compute & Power

Telemetry Today LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (stock options)

Healthcare

401(k)

Flexible PTO

On-site meals

Job summary

Astranis, based in Northern California, seeks a Team Lead for Avionics - Vehicle Electronics to lead a growing group of electrical engineers responsible for compute, networking, and power distribution on our spacecraft. You will guide architecture, design, and integration of in-house hardware within a fast-paced space program.

You will recruit, mentor, and coordinate across disciplines, ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining high reliability, performance, and space-grade quality. U.S.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering or similar technical degree.
• 5+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles.
• 5+ years of board level experience designing electronics hardware from concept through to production.
• A passion for hardware development and fostering teamwork in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test hardware hands-on from scratch.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage teams of engineers and communicate clearly with other disciplines.
• Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills.
• US Citizenship or Green Card.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior electrical engineers.
• Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define spacecraft compute, networking, and power distribution requirements and architectures.
• Oversee the design, build, and implementation of in-house hardware and systems.
• Manage a detailed schedule to align hardware development with overall program schedule.
• Drive hardware design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Own the technical relationship with third-party component suppliers for robust solutions.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates for the growing team.
• Support production and mission operations teams on build and in-flight use of component hardware.
• Drive growth of avionics components team through recruiting and hiring.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical engineering

Hardware design

Team building

System engineering

Analog/mixed-signal design

C/C++/Python (bonus)

Education

B.S. in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

FPGAs

Microcontrollers

RS-485

SPI

Ethernet

I2C

Job description

Astranis, based in Northern California, seeks a Team Lead for Avionics - Vehicle Electronics to lead a growing group of electrical engineers responsible for compute, networking, and power distribution on our spacecraft. You will guide architecture, design, and integration of in-house hardware within a fast-paced space program.

You will recruit, mentor, and coordinate across disciplines, ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining high reliability, performance, and space-grade quality. U.S.