Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

As Senior Reliability Engineer with Astranis, you will play a critical role in ensuring our spacecraft electronics and systems meet our reliability and availability needs. 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. You’ll ensure that Design for Reliability is at the forefront of our engineering processes.

Role

Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary engineering team to ensure that our spacecraft will operate reliably over their entire mission duration
Perform reliability and availability analysis using Reliability Block Diagrams and DFMEA
Advise engineers on optimal redundancy architecture
Support the engineering and production teams with design reviews, failure analysis and root cause analysis
Plan and manage EEE component tests, defining reliability targets, sample sizes, and stress conditions for internal or external test labs

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, or a related engineering field
5+ years of experience as a reliability, component, or electrical engineer
4+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: physics of failure, semiconductor physics, design for reliability, functional safety, or accelerated testing
Experience in electrical design, including components, circuits, PCBs, or electronic assemblies
Experience in reliability statistics and data analysis
Strong analytical skills and ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Bonus

Experience performing failure analysis and destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure
Familiarity with manufacturing processes and testing methodologies for electronic components
Knowledge of accelerated test profiles for component-level screening and qualification testing