PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

Overview

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 investors and employs a team of engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its headquarters in Northern California, USA.

PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

As a PCBA Manufacturing Engineer, you will work across design engineering, supply-chain, quality, and our manufacturing partners to drive PCBA manufacturing with on time delivery.

• Define manufacturing readiness requirements and lead key milestone reviews to ensure all stakeholder deliverables are complete.
• Work with the Design Engineering team to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges early in product development by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles.
• Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds.
• Investigate failures in production, test, and integration. Identify and mitigate underlying root causes to prevent reoccurrence and foster continuous improvement.
• Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and workmanship standards.
• Actively monitor the success of products and processes through the production ramp.
• Provide direction to contract manufacturing, suppliers, and engineers to manage quarantine and rework activities.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of experience in PCB/PCBA fabrication facility
• 3+ years supplier quality, manufacturing, or design experience
• Experience in board assembly process and equipment (e.g., stencil print, SPI, pick & place, reflow, AOI, ICT, x-ray inspection)
• Experience leading DFX reviews to deliver design to manufacturability, testability, quality, and reliability standards
• Must be onsite 5 days a week
• Certified or significantly familiar with IPC-610

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• 7+ years of experience in PCBA/PCB supply chain, manufacturing or engineering
• 5+ years’ experience with industry standard PLM and DFX systems, Mentor/Valor preferred
• Experience performing Design and Process Failure Modes and Effects Analyses
• Experience with IPC standards for PCB, PCBA, and RFPC fabrication, assembly, and test
• Experience in polymeric applications, including conformal coating, staking and underfill

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is a single component of Astranis's total rewards package and may include equity (incentive stock options), healthcare, disability and life insurance, flexible PTO, 401(k), and free on-site meals. Salary range: $120,000 - $175,000 USD.

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required.

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or other protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Our mission and products connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspectives to help us grow.