Astranis
CAD Engineer
1w ago
USAcad
Design, develop, and maintain spacecraft components and assemblies using CAD tools.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of experience in a design role
- Experience with SolidWorks
- Experience with GD+T and engineering drawings
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment with hands-on development
Nice to have
- Expertise of SolidWorks and PDM Administration
- Experience with design of complex assemblies and components
- Experience in the design of spaceflight components and/or vacuum compatible systems
- Experience with surface modeling
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- 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.
Other
- 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, buil
- As an Astranis CAD Engineer you will design, develop, configure, and maintain spacecraft components and assemblies like bracketry, harnesses, propulsion manifolds, and waveguides. You must have a strong problem-solving background, an enthusiasm for novel design, and designing in complex systems. Experience with spacecraft is a benefit but is not required.
- Model and draw components, structures, and manifolds for the spacecraft and its supporting structures
- Works with the management of top-level spacecraft assemblies in CAD, as well as create and maintain BOMs in the transfer to production
- Check and review engineering drawings
- Develop, ideate, and document considerate practices that enable good and efficient design
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team