Astranis

Avionics - Vehicle Components Team Lead

Astranis • $160K — $210K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in rapid product design cycles
  • Proven board-level experience designing hardware from concept to production
  • Passion for hardware development and fostering teamwork
  • Hands-on experience in designing, building, and testing hardware
  • Ability to build and manage engineering teams effectively
  • Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills
  • U.S. Citizenship or Green Card required

Responsibilities

  • Manage and cultivate a team of junior and senior electrical engineers
  • Collaborate across disciplines to define compute, networking, and power requirements
  • Oversee design, build, and implementation of in-house hardware
  • Maintain a detailed schedule aligned with program timelines
  • Drive hardware design, specifications, and component selections
  • Manage relationships with third-party component suppliers
  • Support production and mission operations for component hardware

Benefits

  • Equity package via incentive stock options
  • High-quality company-subsidized healthcare
  • Disability and life insurance coverage
  • 401(k) retirement planning
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • Free on-site catered meals
Full Job Description
Avionics - Vehicle Electronics Team Lead

As the Team Lead for the Avionics - Vehicle Electronics Engineering 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.

Base Salary

$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))

About Astranis

Astranis is a satellite manufacturing company that was founded in 2015 by John Gedmark and Ryan McLinko. The company is focused on building small, low-cost satellites that can provide internet access to remote areas of the world. Astranis has partnerships with major telecommunications companies such as Pacific Dataport and Alaska Communications, and has raised over $108 million in funding from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Venrock. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Astranis
Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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