<div class="content-intro">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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.</div> Avionics - Vehicle Electronics Team Lead As the Team Lead for the Avionics - Vehicle Electronics Engineering 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 <ul> <li data-uuid="4b01df7c-0644-4e6b-9d56-2c4badc93df6">Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior electrical engineers</li> <li data-uuid="be7c5e93-9658-4109-b424-30be826d9dda">Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define the spacecraft compute, networking, and power distribution requirements and architectures</li> <li data-uuid="eedeb4bc-a3cc-46ec-b416-5885887ceadd">Oversee the design, build, and implementation of our in-house hardware and systems</li> <li data-uuid="1f18a426-53b4-482f-9ffb-8bac7192ec0b">Manage a detailed schedule to ensure that our hardware development is in sync with the overall program schedule</li> <li data-uuid="3d0a013d-80cd-42d4-a04a-76e545893e49">Drive hardware design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging</li> <li data-uuid="ae214b38-eb3c-4421-b31c-e650b3642e74">Own the technical relationship with third-party component suppliers to ensure our vendors provide robust and performant solutions</li> <li data-uuid="410b5470-0be8-4188-ae76-f56d7ebf044d">Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team</li> <li data-uuid="43c75111-ae2b-45da-80c0-10a4afeb8ccb">Support the production and mission operations teams on the build and in-flight use of our component hardware</li> <li data-uuid="53f31e99-fa05-4c05-b319-6aae5bb139ea">Drive the growth of the avionics components team through recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-expanding team</li> </ul> Requirements <ul> <li data-uuid="8a64fc37-075a-41ec-8344-0eda8bbc2cd7">B.S. or higher in electrical or computer engineering, or similar technical degree</li> <li data-uuid="b66a3015-4e30-416d-ba57-e0a0376b3a1d">5+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles</li> <li data-uuid="19f3d837-97cb-4f56-8fb5-4cad53d2e772">5+ years of board level experience designing electronics hardware from concept through to production</li> <li data-uuid="3b2d3db1-5bfb-41da-b309-59c7ca5a4b46">A passion for hardware development & fostering teamwork in a fast-paced en

Avionics - Vehicle Components Team Lead

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