Senior PCBA Manufacturing Lead – SpaceTech Hardware

Astranis Space Technologies Corp.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

Disability & life insurance

401(k)

Flexible PTO

Free on-site meals

Job summary

Astranis is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager (PCBA) to lead the production strategy and scale internal PCBA production to meet aggressive rate targets for cutting-edge satellite hardware.

You will oversee PCBA assembly and test operations, work with design engineering on manufacturability, and drive capacity planning, staffing, and continuous improvement across the factory floor in Northern California.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical degree.
• 5+ years of PCBA experience in an aerospace, military, or manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years in a leadership or team lead capacity transitioning products from development to production.
• Willing and able to work overtime and/or weekends as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, specialists, and technicians performing component and PCBA processes for dev and flight hardware to drawing, process specifications, and work order requirements through all phases of the product life cycle.
• Interface with engineering, production, and supply chain to communicate and resolve nonconformances while ensuring timely escalation and pursuing corrective action as required.
• Champion Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) with design engineering to evaluate and influence hardware designs for manufacturability.
• Develop and implement an effective, robust, and efficient production strategy to establish internal PCBA production capabilities that enable our factory rate targets.
• Take direct ownership of the physical production layout, optimizing for material flow from receiving through all processes leading to the finished product.
• Develop new processes, GSE, tooling, etc to support the production of new hardware designs, as well as continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Create, maintain and communicate detailed schedules to ensure your team and other stakeholders are aware of milestones and deadlines.
• Create metrics and tools to monitor production success such as product yield and on time delivery.
• Create and enforce a culture of safety and quality throughout the workplace.

Skills

PCBA leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree

Job description

Astranis is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager (PCBA) to lead the production strategy and scale internal PCBA production to meet aggressive rate targets for cutting-edge satellite hardware.

You will oversee PCBA assembly and test operations, work with design engineering on manufacturability, and drive capacity planning, staffing, and continuous improvement across the factory floor in Northern California.