Astranis Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer ensures spacecraft electronics and systems meet reliability and availability requirements. The role involves reliability analysis, advising on redundancy, and supporting design and failure analysis.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering team to ensure spacecraft reliability over mission duration
Perform reliability and availability analysis using Reliability Block Diagrams and DFMEA
Advise engineers on optimal redundancy architecture
Support 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
Qualification
Experience in electrical design
Required
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, or a related engineering field
5+ years of experience as a reliability or electrical engineer
4+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: physics of failure, 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
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
Preferred
Experience performing failure analysis and destructive physical analysis investigations
Familiarity with manufacturing processes and testing methodologies for electronic components
Knowledge of accelerated test profiles for component-level screening and qualification testing