Senior Electrical Engineer — High Voltage Power Electronics

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.

Senior Electrical Engineer — High Voltage Power Electronics

As a Senior Electrical Engineer for High Voltage Power Electronics, you will be tasked with conceptualizing, designing, testing, validating, and otherwise owning power converters and power systems specializing in high voltage applications in space. You will work with a range of multidisciplinary team members to engineer the best solution, trading size, weight, cost, power efficiency, thermal management, and other key requirements. Specific high voltage considerations include electric field analysis, familiarity with partial breakdown mechanisms and prevention in solid, gas and vacuum insulation systems, partial discharge testing, industry standards for creepage and clearance and potting processes for high voltage systems.

You will be joining an established team of experienced power engineers working to create the next generation of power conversion on our next generation satellites. Day-to-day will include simulations, schematic, layout, and hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and optimizing. Every day is a new exciting challenge to build what hasn't been built, and a new exciting opportunity to put your skills to the test engineering the future of the space industry.

Role:

• High voltage analysis, design, and test including transformer design, PCB design, and component selection.
• Technical ownership of design of kW-level power systems for our satellites
• Manage and control key components such as solar panel arrays, power regulation and distribution, power processing and power conditioning
• Integrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 6+ years of experience
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Experience working with, designing for, and testing high voltage components and systems
• Experience in designing, building, and testing analog and digital circuits
• Experience in designing DC-DC power converters
• Experience with PCB thermal considerations
• Mastery of electrical CAD (Altium preferred, but not required)
• Experience with electromagnetic field modeling software
• Experience with magnetics in power electronics
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus:

• EMI/EMC experience
• Experience with designing for fault tolerance, especially to withstand a radiation environment
• Experience with photovoltaics

What we offer: 

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.

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

$145,000—$200,000 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))

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.