Senior Environmental Test Engineer, Astranis
$120-170k
+ Equity
More information about location
5 days a week in office
Next generation satellite broadband service
Open for applications
Next generation satellite broadband service
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$120-170k
+ Equity
More information about location
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give the 4 billion people without access to internet the ability to get online.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering discipline
- 5+ years of working experience in testing electronics, electro-mechanical assemblies, or integrated systems
- Experience in performing vibration, shock, or acoustic testing
- Experience developing and executing test plans and test procedures from requirements
- Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role
Desirable
- Hands-on experience using data acquisition systems
- Experience with space flight components and spacecraft environmental testing
- Experience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors
- Experience in operating cranes, man lifts, forklifts, and handling equipment
- Experience in a fast-paced, iterative design environment within the consumer electronics, medical devices, aerospace, marine, or automotive industries
- Creative, passionate problem solver that thrives in fast-paced, autonomously-driven, and demanding design and integration campaigns
- Strong sense of accountability, integrity, and team focus with extensive multitasking and organizational experience
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. Ability to produce executive-level reports and presentations to efficiently convey information about large data sets
What the job involves
- As a Senior Environmental Test Engineer, you will have the unique challenge of working at the intersection of all engineering disciplines to ensure our hardware meets the highest level of quality and reliability
- You will be responsible for developing and implementing test plans, fixtures, and processes to execute dynamic testing of components, subsystems and spacecrafts, working directly with the production and engineering teams
- Define test processes and setup of the dynamics environmental test areas and systems
- Collaborate with design engineering to define dynamics environmental test equipment specifications, identify vendors, qualify equipment, and introduce to production
- Design and develop test setups and fixturing for engineering development and qualification testing
- Perform dynamics analysis, evaluate test results, and prepare test reports for stakeholder review
- Lead root cause analysis efforts for dynamics environmental test equipment, fixtures, and procedure related issues
- Lead Design for Test efforts to optimize for environmental test production processes
- Create procedures, standards, and tools for test operations and related processes
- Operate and conduct environmental testing as needed
- Provide direction for technicians as needed
Our take
Internet access is swiftly becoming a core feature of modern life across the world - as of 2021, nearly 60% of the global population were active internet users, and the number is only set to climb. Looking to facilitate and benefit from this are Astranis, who have developed advanced small-form factor satellite technology (similar to SpaceX) to improve satellite internet access across the world.
This has proven an astronomically successful proposition with an overwhelming demand from global customers, including a partnership to triple data speeds across the state of Alaska. This is no surprise, as provision of basic internet capabilities is in the interests of industry, governments, and the population at large.
With a valuation of $1.6 billion, the company's April 2023 injection of capital is set to ensure the company meets its production demands. Its satellite method is already groundbreaking and the company's first one launched in 2023. Two more launches are scheduled for 2024.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Apr 2023
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $603.7m
Company benefits
- An equity stake in the company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited vacation days
- Healthy, delicious, free lunch catered in every day
- Complementary OneMedical membership
- Great office chairs, stand-up desks, and a machine shop
- Reimbursement to spend on commuting from outside SF
- Generous, fully-paid parental leave
Company values
- Master your craft - We take pride in our work and go the extra mile
- Step up - We are unapologetically ambitious and take on great responsibility
- Stay curious - We seek out new knowledge and are happy to teach others what we know
- Assume good - We assume the best of intentions and communicate with kindness and candor
- Take the time - We level up not just at work but beyond — mind, body, spirit, family, community
- Space is hard - We are resilient in the face of adversity and get help when needed
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
John Gedmark
(CEO)John co-founded the Roosevelt Institute think tank in 2004 before working as Director of Flight Operations at X Prize Foundation for 2 years. He co-founded Commercial Spaceflight Federation in 2007, before co-founding Astranis in 2015, serving as CEO.
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