Senior Reliability Test Engineer: On‑Orbit Hardware Expert

Astranis Space Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

Life insurance

401(k) retirement

Flexible PTO

Free on-site meals

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Reliability Test Engineer to own reliability for complex electromechanical hardware from concept to on‑orbit operations. You will set targets, build test frameworks, and lead investigations when failures occur.

The ideal candidate designs reliability test campaigns, develops qualification plans, and guides cross‑functional teams through design for reliability, DFMEA and FTA, and data‑driven improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in reliability, test, or design on high‑reliability hardware.
• Hands‑on testing with mechanical, electrical, and EM systems.
• Experience building reliability frameworks for a product or program.
• Design review experience (PDR, CDR, MRR) and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop qualification and validation test plans.
• Design and automate test equipment and fixturing.
• Set reliability targets across PCBAs, power electronics, avionics.
• Review diagrams and guide design for reliability.
• Lead DFMEA and FTA with cross‑functional teams.
• Build reliability models and Weibull analyses.
• Escalate reliability risks and lead containment.
• Coordinate failure analysis using electrical, microscopy, X‑ray, SEM‑EDS.
• Analyze field telemetry and update mission profiles.
• Mentor engineers to raise reliability capability.

Skills

Python

C++

Reliability analysis

FMEA/FTA

DFMEA

Lab testing

Engineering analysis

Education

B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, or Materials Science

M.S. in Reliability Engineering (bonus)

Tools

Weibull++

ReliaSoft

JMP

Python

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Reliability Test Engineer to own reliability for complex electromechanical hardware from concept to on‑orbit operations. You will set targets, build test frameworks, and lead investigations when failures occur.

The ideal candidate designs reliability test campaigns, develops qualification plans, and guides cross‑functional teams through design for reliability, DFMEA and FTA, and data‑driven improvements.