Electronics Test Engineer

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake in the company

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited vacation days

Free lunch catered daily

OneMedical membership

Great office chairs and stand-up desks

Machine shop access

Commuting reimbursement from outsideSF

Fully-paid parental leave

Job summary

Astranis in San Francisco is seeking an Electronics Test Engineer to develop, design, and implement tests and test systems for the spacecraft's custom electronics. You’ll prove that our power designs work across environments to guarantee on orbit reliability and write Python to control bench equipment and DUTs.

Collaborate with the design team through qualification and acceptance, design PCBA interfaces with flight hardware, and assist in recruiting new teammates as our team grows rapidly.

Qualifications

• Hands-on hardware development and testing experience for electrical systems.
• Experience with Python for test automation and control of bench equipment.
• Familiarity with debugging circuits that include embedded software and test instrumentation.
• Ability to translate high-level requirements into clear test objectives.
• Experience with environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, TVAC.
• Experience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, and implement tests and test systems for spacecraft electronics.
• Prove that power designs work across environments to ensure on-orbit success.
• Develop and design automated hardware and software solutions to test and validate electronics.
• Design PCBA interfaces with flight hardware.
• Write Python to control bench equipment and DUTs.
• Collaborate with design team through qualification and acceptance processes.
• Assist in recruiting and growing the team.

Skills

Python

Hardware development

Electrical testing

Debugging circuits

Requirements to design/test objectives

Team collaboration

Education

Associate’s or B.S. in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

eloads

Job description

• As an Electronics Test Engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for developing, designing, and implementing tests and test systems (test support custom hardware) for all the custom electronics on our spacecraft


• You’ll prove that our suite of power designs work across environments to guarantee success on orbit


• Develop and design automated hardware and software solutions to test+validate electronics hardware


• Design PCBA’s to interface with flight hardware


• Write software in Python to control bench equipment, devices under test, and other test hardware


• Work closely with the design team to provide feedback and insight through qualification and acceptance process


• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

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

A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and developmentHands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, eloads, etc.)Don’t meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteriaComfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectivesExperience using PythonExperience with debugging circuits with embedded software, from oscilloscope to scriptingAssociate’s or B.S. degree in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degreeExperience automating tests, test equipment, or similar instrumentationExperience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectorsExperience using Altium DesignerUnderstanding and experience in environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVACPower electronics experience such as switching converters and load switches