The job, in the employer's words
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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
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.
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.
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Benefits mentioned
- 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
Requirements mentioned
- 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
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