Senior Reliability & Test Engineer - Space Hardware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

On-site meals

401(k)

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. is seeking a Senior Reliability Test Engineer to own reliability from concept through high-rate production and on-orbit operations.

You will design, execute, and automate tests across electromechanical systems and RF hardware, and lead investigations when failures occur. The role requires hands-on testing, objective reliability targets, and collaboration with multiple engineering teams to prevent failures and improve design.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, or Materials Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years in reliability/test/design engineering on high-reliability hardware (3+ years with an M.S.).
• Hands-on testing with mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems and DAQ devices.
• Experience standing up reliability engineering frameworks for a product or program.
• Expertise in FMEA/FMECA, FTA, predictive modeling, and Weibull analysis.
• Design review experience (PDR/CDR/MRR) and ability to present to leadership.
• Strong technical writing for test plans, reports, and specifications.
• Proficiency in Python or C++.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute qualification and validation test plans (environmental, life, shock, vibration, thermal cycling, HALT, HASS).
• Design and automate test equipment and instrumentation to maximize throughput.
• Set reliability targets across PCBAs, power, avionics, actuators, batteries, RF systems; define mission profiles.
• Review diagrams and schematics to guide design-for-reliability before lock.
• Lead DFMEA and FTA; translate outputs into verification plans and design changes.
• Maintain living reliability models and perform Weibull analyses on data.
• Triage reliability risks and lead containment and root-cause investigations.
• Coordinate failure analysis using advanced characterization techniques (X-ray, SEM-EDS, etc.).

Skills

Python

C++

Reliability engineering

Education

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

M.S. in Reliability Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Weibull++

ReliaSoft

JMP

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. is seeking a Senior Reliability Test Engineer to own reliability from concept through high-rate production and on-orbit operations.

You will design, execute, and automate tests across electromechanical systems and RF hardware, and lead investigations when failures occur. The role requires hands-on testing, objective reliability targets, and collaboration with multiple engineering teams to prevent failures and improve design.