Senior Mechanical Engineer - RF Packaging

Senior Mechanical Engineer - RF Packaging

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.

Role

• Complete ownership of product outcomes for spaceflight hardware, with a focus on high frequency active and passive RF and digital electronics
• Develop requirements for subsystems and components including loads, interfaces, and functional requirements
• Perform mechanical design and analysis of complex electronics enclosures to satisfy launch and on-orbit requirements
• Develop and define design best practices for future programs
• Manage system level schedule and integration requirements for your components while working together with the Assembly, Integration, and Test team to enable a smooth build process
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S in mechanical, electrical, aerospace engineering, or equivalent
• 4 - 15+ years of mechanical design or equivalent experience
• 3+ years designing, analyzing, and testing active or passive high frequency RF electronics packages. Examples include phased array antenna packaging, SSPAs, waveguide assemblies, feedplanes, filters, RF enclosures, and MUX/DEMUX.
• Familiarity with chip and wire and splitblock construction
• Strong CAD design and Finite Element analysis skills
• Experience with GD&T and designing for manufacturability
• Demonstrated ability to personally design, evaluate, and procure complex mechanical assemblies with 30-40 components in aerospace or similar
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment with hands-on design and development
• A motivated leader who has experience mentoring and supporting junior engineers
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus

• Experience with Ku, Ka, and Q/V band electronics package development for space missions
• Experience with thermal analysis and thermal management techniques for RF electronics in space applications, including with heat pipes
• Experience with vibration environments and mechanical testing on spacecraft components
• Experience with brazed construction techniques for RF packages
• Experience in synthesizing requirements and flowing them down to sub-scale verification builds and testing

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.

$145,000 - $195,000 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required

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.