PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

Astranis Space Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Company-subsidized healthcare

Flexible PTO

401(K) retirement plan

Free on-site catered meals

Job summary

A leading satellite technology company is seeking a PCBA Manufacturing Engineer to drive manufacturing processes across design, quality, and supply chain. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and over 5 years of experience in PCB fabrication. Responsibilities include defining manufacturing readiness, collaborating with engineering teams, and improving production processes. This company offers a robust compensation package including equity, healthcare, and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a PCB/PCBA fabrication facility.
• 3+ years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing, or design.
• Familiarity with IPC-610 standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing readiness requirements and milestone reviews.
• Collaborate with design engineering to solve manufacturing challenges.
• Investigate production failures and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

PCB/PCBA fabrication knowledge

Supplier quality experience

Design engineering skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLM systems

DFX systems

Job description

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 $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.

As a PCBA Manufacturing Engineer, you will work across design engineering, supply-chain, quality, and our manufacturing partners to drive PCBA manufacturing with on time delivery.

Role

• Define manufacturing readiness requirements and lead key milestone reviews to ensure all stakeholder deliverables are complete.
• Work with the Design Engineering team to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges early in product development by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles.
• Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds.
• Investigate failures in production, test, and integration. Identify and mitigate underlying root causes to prevent reoccurrence and foster continuous improvement.
• Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and workmanship standards.
• Actively monitor the success of products and processes through the production ramp.
• Provide direction to contract manufacturing, suppliers, and engineers to manage quarantine and rework activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of experience in PCB/PCBA fabrication facility
• 3+ years supplier quality, manufacturing, or design experience
• Experience in board assembly process and equipment (for example: Stencil print, SPI, pick & place, reflow, AOI, ICT, x-ray inspection).
• Experience leading DFX reviews to deliver design to manufacturability, testability, quality, and reliability standards
• Must be onsite 5 days a week
• Certified or significantly familiar with IPC-610

Bonus

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 7+ years of experience in PCBA/PCB supply chain, manufacturing or engineering.
• 5+ years’ experience with industry standard PLM and DFX systems, Mentor/Valor preferred.
• Experience performing Design and Process Failure Modes and Effects Analyses.
• Experience with IPC standards for PCB, PCBA, and RFPC fabrication, assembly, and test.
• Experience in Polymeric application, including conformal coating, staking and underfill.

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is a single component of Astranis's total rewards package, which may also include equity in the form of incentive stock options, high quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance benefits, flexible PTO, 401(K) retirement, and free on-site catered meals.

Base Salary: $120,000—$175,000 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, Or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Astranis is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.