Environmental Test Engineer, Astranis

$100-130k

+ Equity

Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

3+ days a week in office

Astranis

Next generation satellite broadband service

Be an early applicant

Astranis

Next generation satellite broadband service

201-500 employees

B2CInternal toolsSocial ImpactAerospace

Be an early applicant

$100-130k

+ Equity

Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

3+ days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2CInternal toolsSocial ImpactAerospace

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 an engineering discipline
  • 2+ years experience in testing electronics, electro-mechanical assemblies, or integrated systems
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role
  • Must be onsite 5 days a week

Desirable

  • Experience developing and executing test plans and test procedures from requirements
  • Experience in performing thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, or acoustic testing
  • Experience operating and maintaining thermal chambers, TVAC chambers, or vibration shakers
  • Experience with test instrumentation, e.g., thermocouples, accelerometers, etc
  • Experience with space flight components and spacecraft environmental testing

What the job involves

  • As an 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, equipment, and processes to execute testing of spacecraft, its sub-assemblies and components
  • Develop and implement test procedures and processes for dynamic and thermal testing of spacecraft hardware
  • Define environmental test equipment specifications, identify vendors, qualify equipment, and implement into production
  • Design and develop test setups and fixturing for engineering development and qualification testing
  • Perform analysis, evaluate test results, and prepare test reports for stakeholder review
  • Lead troubleshooting, root cause, and corrective action efforts of environmental test process, equipment, procedure, and fixture related issues
  • Lead Design for Test efforts to optimize for environmental test production processes
  • Develop standard operating procedures and tools for test operations and related processes
  • Serve as the technical subject matter expert for environmental test processes and equipment

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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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

4% employee growth in 12 months

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

Leadership

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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