Senior PCB Layout Engineer

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 PCB Layout Engineer

As a Senior PCB layout engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for completing PCB layout across the entire company - supporting designs across payload, avionics and power. You will interface directly with design engineers to gather board requirements and mechanical constraints and implement those into the PCB layout. You will also be responsible for interfacing with the PCBA manufacturing team and our external fab and assembly vendors to implement design for manufacturing (DFM) and ensure that we are sending reliable hardware to space.

Role

• Placement and Routing of high reliability Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs, with schematic and layout input from design engineers
• Routing of power, high speed digital, RF, and analog PCB designs
• Support librarian in creating and reviewing schematic symbols and footprints from datasheets and 3D models
• Own design standards, templates, release procedures and interface to PLM system.
• Interface with PCB manufacturing team and external fabrication and assembly vendors to asses technical capabilities, design stackups and implement design for manufacturing (DFM).

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree
• 7+ years experience with PCB layout and routing
• Familiarity with Altium or similar design tools
• Experience with IPC standards (Class 2/3, IPC-A-610, IPC-7351)
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus

• Experience with scripting or automation
• Experience working with PLM software (Arena preferred)
• Knowledge of PCB manufacturing and assembly processes
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with others