Manufacturing Specialist, PCBA

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.

At Astranis, you’ll operate in a fast-paced environment supporting the build of all PCBAs required for satellite production. The team emphasizes quality, manufacturability, and throughput, so this role will play a key part in advancing and maturing our PCBA manufacturing capabilities.

• Assist with first pass DFM reviews, helping the teams drive towards designs that are manufacturable
• Perform physical reworks and repairs as non-conformances arise
• Perform secondary processing for components to prepare them for assembly
• Obsess about material movement, board status and throughput, ultimately shepherding boards from entry to exit
• Perform incoming and outgoing inspection per IPC-610 Class 2/3 standards
• Triage non-conforming hardware and work with the quality team to surface corrective and preventative actions
• Be a system and documentation champion: specifically reviewing MES dashboards, producing metrics, writing up accurate non-conformance reports

• Associate or bachelors degree in engineering or manufacturing
• 4+ years of experience working hands-on in a production environment as a technician in the aerospace, automotive, or similar industries
• Demonstratable soldering skills
• Direct experience operating SMT equipment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Must be onsite 5 days a week

• IPC
  610 certification
• J-STD-001 certification
• Experience working in a clean room environment
• Experience working with electrical schematics and PCB design files, especially in Altium
• Experience working with EE bench test equipment (power supplies, multimeters)
• Advanced soldering and rework skills (BGA or similar high density packages)

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, which may also include equity in the form of incentive stock options, high quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance benefits, flexible PTO, 401(K) retirement, and free on-site catered meals.

Base Salary: $49 — $65 USD

(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 our products are meant to 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 we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.