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Mid level$1.2B raised
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Design high-level software architecture to support vehicle integration and automated hardware testing operations. Collaborate across teams to implement ground control and telemetry software for critical flight components.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in CS or EE with over 5 years of relevant experience, including proficiency in Python and Linux. Candidates must be skilled in reading schematics and debugging circuits using tools like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
Full job description
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, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Senior Software Engineer - Hardware Test
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Hardware Test Engineer to join our rapidly-growing Software team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing high-level software architecture to support vehicle integration and test operations. You will collaborate with multiple engineering teams to create and implement successful test plans, and develop software for automated testing at both component and integrated levels. Additionally, you will refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components, support all phases of development from proposal to successful test and flight, implement ground control and telemetry software, and contribute to the growth of our team through recruitment and hiring efforts.
Role
Design high-level software architecture in support of vehicle integration and test operations
Coordinate across multiple teams to create software testing infrastructure based on testing and production needs
Work with ground software and flight software teams to integrate software into test infrastructure
Design scalable test code to be reused across multiple different testing campaigns and vehicle generations
Refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components
Support all phases of development from initial proposal development through successful test and flight
Implement ground control and telemetry software
Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
Requirements
Bachelors, degree in CS, EE (or equivalent background knowledge)
5+ years total of relevant experience
2+ Experience with Python (or other high-level object oriented scripting language(s))
2+ Experience with Linux and shell command line tools
2+ Experience with version control systems (git, mercurial, svn, or others)
A passion for building things, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience reading schematics and data sheets, debugging circuits that interface with embedded software, from debugger to logic analyzer to oscilloscope
Bonus
Experience with web development frameworks and databases
What we offer:
All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.
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.
Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.
Base Salary
$150,000—$215,000 USD
U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))
Our mission and products are built for everyone, regardless of gender, race, creed, or background. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we invite all people to join our team and bring their unique perspectives to make us stronger.
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We build the world's most advanced satellites for high orbits.
Industry
Space Research and Technology
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
LinkedIn followers
57,745
Total funding
$1.2B
Astranis builds low-cost satellites for high orbits.
Our first product, MicroGEO, offers the world’s lowest-cost satellite broadband. Operating in geostationary orbit, each MicroGEO satellite can provide dedicated satellites to small and medium-sized countries, Fortune 1000 companies, and other commercial customers. Astranis has built a $1 billion backlog for 12+ MicroGEO satellites launching over the next two years.
Astranis also offers services across orbits and use cases. With contracts in place with Space Force, NASA, and other government partners, Astranis is working across MEO and GEO to support government science, PNT, and communications missions.
Astranis has raised $750 million from top global investors and employs a team of over 400 engineers and builders, headquartered at Historic Pier 70 in San Francisco, California.
Offices: 575 20th St, San Francisco, California 94107, US
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