Failure Analysis Engineer

About Astro Digital

Astro Digital designs, builds, and operates a diverse range of small satellite systems supporting space-based turnkey missions for several business applications, including earth observation, communications, in-orbit demonstrations, risk reduction, science, and exploration. Astro Digital is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado with roughly 100 employees and infrastructure around the globe. This position is located in San Jose, CA.

Position Summary

With the Test team, you will join a hard-working and enthusiastic group, applying your experience to assure mission success. Your primary role will be to debug and document failures at the card and system level. You will provide in-depth root cause understanding of test failures. This hands-on position requires close collaboration with multiple teams and a strong background in Electrical Engineering. Team members are driven and supportive. We foster frequent, open communication, and rely on collaboration and concurrence for problem solving. Fastidiousness, creativity, love of teamwork, and patience are essential qualities of a person in this role.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Document and perform debugging efforts of failed devices
• Apply diligence to promote production efficiency, mission objectives, and above all, hardware, and personnel safety
• Additional duties as required
• Support design as required
• Continually seek out ways to improve

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 years minimum electrical board-level experience.
• Proficiency in using lab equipment for characterization and debug (oscilloscopes, microscopes, DMMs, EMI analyzers, loads, sources, etc.)
• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical engineering.
• Ability to understand and follow board schematics
• Desire to solve problems collaboratively
• Strong communication skills
• Interest working with a first-rate, collegial team

Additional Competencies:

• Familiarity with mission assurance
• Experience with spacecraft manufacturing
• Experience in Electrical design
• Experience with Altium

This position requires access to export-controlled commodities, technical data, technology, software, and services. U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 22 CFR §120.15 and 8 U.S.C. §1324b(a)(3) is required.