Avionics Components Team Lead

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits expanding humanitys 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 worlds 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 153000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California USA.

Avionics Components Team Lead

As the Team Lead for the Avionics Components Engineering Team you will play a critical role in building and leading a team of engineers that own the sensor and actuator components within our avionics systems. Youll 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 sensor and actuator requirements and architectures
• Oversee the design build and implementation of our in-house component 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

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