Avionics Test Hardware Development Engineer

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 an Avionics Test Hardware Development Engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for developing, designing, and implementing hardware that will test our flight designs and ensure they work for our entire mission in space.

• Develop and design automated hardware design to validate electronic flight hardware
• Design PCBA's to interface with flight hardware
• Review all avionics flight hardware to ensure sufficient DFT (design-for-test)
• Write software in Python to control bench equipment, devices under test, and other test hardware
• Work closely with the design team to provide feedback and insight through qualification and acceptance process
• Design, build, and support test infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop tests

• B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives
• Hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, eloads, etc.)
• Experience with debugging circuits with embedded software, from oscilloscope to scripting
• A passion for prototyping - designing PCBAs, 3D printing enclosures, etc
• Basic Programming Skills (Python Preferred)

• Experience debugging electrical circuits especially signal integrity
• Experience using Altium Designer
• Experience using Python
• Experience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors
• Experience automating tests, test equipment, or similar instrumentation