Team Lead, Avionics - Vehicle Electronics

Telemetry Today LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (stock options)

Healthcare

401(k)

Flexible PTO

On-site meals

Job summary

Astranis, based in Northern California, seeks a Team Lead for Avionics - Vehicle Electronics to lead a growing group of electrical engineers responsible for compute, networking, and power distribution on our spacecraft. You will guide architecture, design, and integration of in-house hardware within a fast-paced space program.

You will recruit, mentor, and coordinate across disciplines, ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining high reliability, performance, and space-grade quality. U.S.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering or similar technical degree.
• 5+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles.
• 5+ years of board level experience designing electronics hardware from concept through to production.
• A passion for hardware development and fostering teamwork in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test hardware hands-on from scratch.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage teams of engineers and communicate clearly with other disciplines.
• Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills.
• US Citizenship or Green Card.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior electrical engineers.
• Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define spacecraft compute, networking, and power distribution requirements and architectures.
• Oversee the design, build, and implementation of in-house hardware and systems.
• Manage a detailed schedule to align hardware development with overall program schedule.
• Drive hardware design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Own the technical relationship with third-party component suppliers for robust solutions.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates for the growing team.
• Support production and mission operations teams on build and in-flight use of component hardware.
• Drive growth of avionics components team through recruiting and hiring.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical engineering

Hardware design

Team building

System engineering

Analog/mixed-signal design

C/C++/Python (bonus)

Education

B.S. in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

FPGAs

Microcontrollers

RS-485

SPI

Ethernet

I2C

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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Team Lead, Avionics - Vehicle Electronics

As the Team Lead for the Avionics - Vehicle Electronics team, you will play a critical role in building and leading a team of engineers that own the compute, networking, and power distribution systems within our spacecraft. You’ll support the team in pushing the boundary of what is possible in a geo-synchronous spacecraft design and enable performance in space that has not been realized to date.

Role

• Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior electrical engineers
• Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define the spacecraft compute, networking, and power distribution requirements and architectures
• Oversee the design, build, and implementation of our in-house hardware and systems
• Manage a detailed schedule to ensure that our hardware development is in sync with the overall program schedule
• Drive hardware design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging
• Own the technical relationship with third-party component suppliers to ensure our vendors provide robust and performant solutions
• Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
• Support the production and mission operations teams on the build and in-flight use of our component hardware
• Drive the growth of the avionics components team through recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-expanding team

Requirements

• B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering, or similar technical degree
• 5+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles
• 5+ years of board level experience designing electronics hardware from concept through to production
• A passion for hardware development & fostering teamwork in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test hardware, hands-on, from scratch
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage teams of engineers and communicate clearly with other disciplines
• Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills
• US Citizenship or Green Card

Bonus

• 5+ years of experience with designing and implementing signal conditioning, sensors, electro-mechanical actuators, power switches, embedded computers, or such hardware.
• Experience with FPGAs, Microcontrollers, and communication schemes (RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, I2C)
• Strong understanding of C, C++, or Python
• Radiation effects knowledge
• Environmental test experience

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.

Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.

Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.

$160,000 — $210,000 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))

Our mission and products are built for everyone, regardless of gender, race, creed, or background. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we invite all people to join our team and bring their unique perspectives to make us stronger.