Environmental Test Engineer
Astranis
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.<br><br>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.</p></div><div class="columnLayout single" data-layout="single"> <div class="cell normal" data-type="normal"> <div class="innerCell"> <p><strong>Environmental Test Engineer</strong></p> <p>As an Environmental Test Engineer, you will have the unique challenge of working at the intersection of all engineering disciplines to ensure our hardware meets the highest level of quality and reliability. You will be responsible for planning and executing environmental test campaigns for components, subsystems, and spacecraft, working directly with production and engineering teams to drive hardware from design through qualification.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columnLayout single" data-layout="single"> <div class="cell normal" data-type="normal"> <div class="innerCell"> <h4 id="JobDescription*EnvironmentalTestEngineer-Role"><strong>Role</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-uuid="e1edeb0e-fb73-4c28-909f-d7adc922af03">Develop and implement test procedures, standard operating procedures, and tools for environmental test operations and related processes.</li> <li data-uuid="afbd51c3-b8ce-4e02-a8c5-03b877b747ed">Define environmental test equipment specifications, identify vendors, qualify equipment, and implement into production.</li> <li data-uuid="9b44fddf-f7a3-477b-8dab-a71eef81709a">Design and build test setups, fixtures, and support hardware required to safely and effectively test flight hardware.</li> <li data-uuid="74bc1bad-0aee-49f9-a101-a17fab4c3bdf">Manage test schedules, track milestones, and communicate progress and risk to program leadership.</li> <li data-uuid="3526751e-8d88-4429-9c53-f0199def10ac">Operate environmental test equipment and instrumentation; collect, process, and analyze test data, and prepare test reports for stakeholder review.</li> <li data-uuid="6ee95dd5-e01b-4a34-bdc7-9895fefdce3e">Support troubleshooting, root cause, and corrective action efforts for environmental test process, equipment, procedure, and fixture related issues.</li> <li data-uuid="c732133a-7d35-4be2-98f0-ee4d4f275427">Support Design for Test efforts to optimize environmental test production processes.</li> <li data-uuid="15b35cca-18b7-4df1-a945-1fb3b591221a">Work closely with and provide direction to technicians during test execution and hardware handling operations.</li> </ul> <h4 id="JobDescription*EnvironmentalTestEngineer-Requirements"><strong>Requirements</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-uuid="6df9917a-f3a8-414a-9f2b-11b1327aeeae">Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering discipline.</li> <li data-uuid=&qu