Power Electronics Test Engineer

Astranis•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Power Electronics Test Engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for developing, designing, and implementing tests and test systems (test support custom hardware) for all the custom electronics on our spacecraft. You'll prove that our suite of power designs work across environments to guarantee success on orbit.

Requirements

Associate's or B.S. degree in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree
A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives
Hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, eloads, etc.)
Experience with debugging circuits with embedded software, from oscilloscope to scripting
Experience using Python

Nice To Haves

Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC
Power electronics experience such as switching converters and load switches
Experience using Altium Designer
Experience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors
Experience automating tests, test equipment, or similar instrumentation

Responsibilities

Develop and design automated hardware and software solutions to test+validate electronics hardware
Design PCBA's to interface with flight hardware
Write software in Python to control bench equipment, devices under test, and other test hardware
Work closely with the design team to provide feedback and insight through qualification and acceptance process
Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.