# Senior Electronics Component Engineer **Astranis** - **Location:** San Francisco - **Workplace:** On-site - **Salary:** $135K–$235K - **Clearance:** None required - **Eligibility:** US person or protected individual - **Export control:** ITAR/EAR controlled - **Visa:** Not specified - **Discipline:** Engineering - **Seniority:** Senior - **Posted:** 2025-08-06 [Apply on Astranis](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/astranis/jobs/4590714006) [View on Outerspace Today](https://terminal.outerspacetoday.com /jobs/senior-electronics-component-engineer-astranis-4590714006) --- 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 Electronics Component Engineer** As a Component Engineer at Astranis, you will play a critical role in ensuring the selection of high-quality, reliable, and sourceable EEE parts and components used in our satellite systems. This role requires an in-depth understanding of part construction, the ability to identify potential quality or reliability risks, and the expertise to define and implement screening tests to expose and address these risks effectively. **Role**** ** - Dive into part construction to identify quality and reliability risks, ensuring components meet mission-critical standards. - Collaborate with design engineers to guide component selection during the design process, ensuring reliability and compliance with Astranis standards. - Plan, execute, and oversee component level screening and qualification testing - Review bills of materials for new designs to ensure designs are using approved flight parts - Manage component supplier part change notifications and drive appropriate responses to supplier PCNs - Execute tear-downs on critical components to assess the part quality and reliability - Interface with supply chain, design, and manufacturing teams to address component-related sourcing challenges - Manage the Astranis approved parts list in PLM to ensure accurate information provided to the engineering and manufacturing teams **Requirements** - Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field. - Experience in electrical design, including components, circuits, PCBs, or electronic assemblies. - 5+ years experience in part quality, reliability, failure analysis, and/or DPA - Familiarity with JEDEC, AEC-Q and MIL component standards **Bonus**** ** - Experience in supply chain, purchasing, or manufacturing processes. - Familiarity with manufacturing processes and testing methodologies for electronic components. - Proficiency in non-destructive and destructive lab analysis techniques. - Experience in reliability statistics and data analysis. - Strong analytical skills and ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. **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$135,000—$235,000 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. --- _Aggregated from the employer's public careers feed by Outerspace Today. 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