Astranis
Radiation Test Engineer
1w ago
USA
Engineer responsible for radiation testing of satellite components to ensure reliability in space environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent technical field
- A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Experience with electrical design
- Experience designing and testing for radiation effects
- Experience in testing analog and digital circuits
- Experience with fault-tolerant high reliability systems
- US Citizenship or Green Card
Nice to have
- Experience developing electrical designs in space or other high-radiation environments
- Experience with the Geostationary radiation environment (TID, SEE, DDD)
- Experience running tests at radiation labs
- Experience with designing dosimeter circuits
- ECAD + MCAD Experience (Altium, Solidworks)
- 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
- 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 our Radiation Test Engineer you will be responsible for analyzing and testing candidate electronics for our spacecraft. This position requires hands-on experience validating parts for radiation environments specific to aerospace.
- Support the design of fault tolerant electrical systems for operating in a radiation environment
- Simulate and model the GTO and GEO radiation environments on PCBA designs
- Coordinate and run radiation testing campaigns to upscreen components
- Develop fault-tolerant systems & operations into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team
- Support other electrical design, bringup, and test activities
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team