Join Astranis as a Senior Production Quality Engineer to enhance satellite hardware manufacturing and ensure quality standards for spaceflight.
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Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Production Quality Engineer at Astranis, the individual will focus on ensuring the quality of satellite hardware by addressing complex manufacturing challenges and leading investigations into quality issues. Key skills include experience in electronics manufacturing, familiarity with inspection techniques, and proficiency in data analysis tools like Python or SQL. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in quality assurance and a proactive approach to problem-solving, particularly in fast-paced environments. Astranis is expanding its manufacturing capabilities, making this a pivotal role in a growing company.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Astranis's career page.
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Quick facts
- Is the Senior Production Quality Engineer role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco.
- What's the salary range?
- Astranis lists $145,000–$195,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Senior Production Quality Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Astranis is hiring for this position in San Francisco.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Altium, Arena, CAD, ERP, Electro-mechanical, Electronics.
- Does Astranis sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Astranis targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Production Quality Engineer role at Astranis.
From the original posting
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 Production Quality Engineer
As a Senior Production Quality Engineer at Astranis, you’ll play a key role in building high-reliability satellite hardware as we expand our manufacturing capabilities. You’ll work closely with engineering and production teams to solve complex quality challenges, lead root cause investigations, and help ensure our hardware meets the rigorous standards required for spaceflight.
We’re looking for a hands-on engineer with experience in electronics or electro-mechanical hardware manufacturing, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a strong track record of working effectively in dynamic environments.
Role
- Perform and support quality functions such as nonconformance resolution, first article inspection, root cause analysis, corrective actions, containments, statistical process control, etc.
- Collaborate with design engineering teams to develop standards for part drawings, including identification of key characteristics, dimensioning and GD&T, and first article inspection plans for electro-mechanical assemblies.
- Write and maintain quality management system (QMS) command media to govern how we design, build, and test hardware.
- Perform process validation for new manufacturing processes in collaboration with production engineering.
- Monitor key quality metrics such as product yield and in-process inspection results to help identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Participate in quality reviews and audits to ensure adherence to process requirements and design intent.
- Support process improvements that enhance manufacturability, reduce defects, or streamline production flow.
- Contribute to the definition and enforcement of factory standards such as ESD handling, tool calibration and cleanliness requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering discipline.
- 6+ years of experience in a quality or manufacturing engineering role. (3+ years with an MS/PhD)
- Experience with inspection techniques, electronics troubleshooting and basic GD&T principles.
- Experience with CAD, PLM, or ERP systems such as Solidworks, Altium, and Arena.
- Basic proficiency in Python or SQL for data analysis.
- Familiarity with root cause analysis, corrective action, and basic quality tools (e.g., 5 Whys, Fishbone, Pareto).
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.Demonstrated application of process validation and control methods such as PFMEA, design of experiments (DOE), and statistical process control (SPC).
- Hands-on experience qualifying and maintaining manufacturing processes for electronics and/or mechanical assemblies.
- Experience reviewing design documentation and implementing first-article inspection plans.
Bonus
- Knowledgeable in spaceflight hardware design, standards, requirement trades, and manufacturing limitations.
- Demonstrated high-impact project ownership and deployment of Quality systems.
- Experience leading production containments for supplier and/or in-house manufacturing defects.
- Strong SQL and Python skills, and demonstrated ability to manage large data sets and create useful tools/dashboards/reports for others.
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.
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