Manufacturing Engineering, Assembly

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. 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. 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

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.

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.

Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, Or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (To comply with U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.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.

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