Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

• As Senior Reliability Engineer with Astranis, you will play a critical role in ensuring our spacecraft electronics and systems meet our reliability and availability needs. You’ll support the team in pushing the boundary of what is possible in a geo-synchronous spacecraft design and enable performance in space that has not been realized to date. You’ll ensure that Design for Reliability is at the forefront of our engineering processes
• Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary engineering team to ensure that our spacecraft will operate reliably over their entire mission duration
• Perform reliability and availability analysis using Reliability Block Diagrams and DFMEA
• Advise engineers on optimal redundancy architecture
• Support the engineering and production teams with design reviews, failure analysis and root cause analysis
• Plan and manage EEE component tests, defining reliability targets, sample sizes, and stress conditions for internal or external test labs

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

• 4+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: physics of failure, design for reliability, functional safety, or accelerated testing

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical skills and ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, or a related engineering field

• 5+ years of experience as a reliability or electrical engineer

• Experience in electrical design, including components, circuits, PCBs, or electronic assemblies

• Experience in reliability statistics and data analysis

• Experience performing failure analysis and destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure

• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and testing methodologies for electronic components

• Knowledge of accelerated test profiles for component-level screening and qualification testing