Lead the Avionics - Vehicle Electronics team at Astranis, driving hardware development for advanced satellites.
Posted by employer 3 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 22 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Manage a team of electrical engineers
- Define spacecraft compute and networking requirements
- Oversee design and implementation of hardware
- Drive hardware design and debugging
- Support production and mission operations
Must have
- B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering
- 5+ years of professional experience with product design cycles
- 5+ years of board level experience designing electronics hardware
- Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills
- US Citizenship or Green Card
Nice to have
- 5+ years of experience with signal conditioning and sensors
- Experience with FPGAs and Microcontrollers
- Strong understanding of C, C++, or Python
- Radiation effects knowledge
- Environmental test experience
Practical constraints
- U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency required
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Team Lead for Avionics - Vehicle Electronics, the individual will manage a team of engineers responsible for the design and implementation of critical systems within spacecraft, including compute, networking, and power distribution. Key skills include strong analog and mixed-signal circuit design, hands-on hardware development, and experience with fast-paced product cycles. This position is suited for someone with over five years of relevant experience and a background in electrical or computer engineering, who can foster teamwork and drive innovation in a rapidly growing environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 1, 2026. Last confirmed on Astranis's careers page October 3, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$126,887).
- Starts above 58% of 24 comparable lead other roles in United States that list Python we track (median $150,000 across 11 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 6.2% of 614 comparable lead other roles in United States; hardware development appears in 0.2% of 614 comparable lead other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Astranis lists $160,000–$210,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Team Lead, Avionics - Vehicle Electronics role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, FPGA, Microcontroller, Python.
- 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 lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Team Lead, Avionics - Vehicle Electronics 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.
Team Lead, Avionics - Vehicle Electronics
As the Team Lead for the Avionics - Vehicle Electronics team, you will play a critical role in building and leading a team of engineers that own the compute, networking, and power distribution systems within our spacecraft. 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.
Role
- Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior electrical engineers
- Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define the spacecraft compute, networking, and power distribution requirements and architectures
- Oversee the design, build, and implementation of our in-house hardware and systems
- Manage a detailed schedule to ensure that our hardware development is in sync with the overall program schedule
- Drive hardware design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging
- Own the technical relationship with third-party component suppliers to ensure our vendors provide robust and performant solutions
- Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
- Support the production and mission operations teams on the build and in-flight use of our component hardware
- Drive the growth of the avionics components team through recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-expanding team
Requirements
- B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering, or similar technical degree
- 5+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles
- 5+ years of board level experience designing electronics hardware from concept through to production
- A passion for hardware development & fostering teamwork in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test hardware, hands-on, from scratch
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage teams of engineers and communicate clearly with other disciplines
- Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skills
- US Citizenship or Green Card
Bonus
- 5+ years of experience with designing and implementing signal conditioning, sensors, electro-mechanical actuators, power switches, embedded computers, or such hardware.
- Experience with FPGAs, Microcontrollers, and communication schemes (RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, I2C)
- Strong understanding of C, C++, or Python
- Radiation effects knowledge
- Environmental test experience
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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