Astranis

PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

Astranis • $120K — $175K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience in PCB/PCBA fabrication
  • 3+ years of supplier quality, manufacturing, or design experience
  • Experience with board assembly processes and equipment
  • Proficient in leading DFX reviews
  • Certified or significantly familiar with IPC-610
  • Onsite presence required 5 days a week

Responsibilities

  • Define manufacturing readiness requirements and lead milestone reviews
  • Collaborate with Design Engineering to identify manufacturing challenges
  • Drive closure of operational issues during pre-production builds
  • Investigate production failures and address root causes
  • Deliver manufacturing process capabilities and standards
  • Monitor product/process success through production ramp
  • Direct contract manufacturing and supplier activities for quarantine and rework

Benefits

  • Equity and robust benefits package
  • Company-subsidized healthcare
  • Disability and life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement planning
  • Flexible PTO
  • Free on-site catered meals
Full Job Description
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.
Role
  • 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.
Requirements
  • 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 (for example: 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
Bonus
  • 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 application, including conformal coating, staking and underfill.


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

$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, 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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