Manufacturing Specialist, PCBA
Astranis
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.
Manufacturing Specialist, PCBA
At Astranis, you’ll operate in a fast-paced environment supporting the build of all PCBAs required for satellite production. The team emphasizes quality, manufacturability, and throughput, so this role will play a key part in advancing and maturing our PCBA manufacturing capabilities.
Role
- Assist with first pass DFM reviews, helping the teams drive towards designs that are manufacturable
- Perform physical reworks and repairs as non-conformances arise
- Perform secondary processing for components to prepare them for assembly
- Obsess about material movement, board status and throughput, ultimately shepherding boards from entry to to exit
- Perform incoming and outgoing inspection per IPC-610 Class 2/3 standards
- Triage non-conforming hardware and work with the quality team to surface corrective and preventative actions
- Be a system and documentation champion: specifically reviewing MES dashboards, producing metrics, writing up accurate non-conformance reports
Requirements
- Associate or bachelors degree in engineering or manufacturing
- 4+ years of experience working hands-on in a production environment as a technician in the aerospace, automotive, or similar industries
- Demonstratable soldering skills
- Direct experience operating SMT equipment
- Excellent attention to detail
- Must be onsite 5 days a week
Bonus
- IPC610 certification
- J-STD-001 certification
- Experience working in a clean room environment
- Experience working with electrical schematics and PCB design files, especially in Altium
- Experience working with EE bench test equipment (power supplies, multimeters)
- Advanced soldering and rework skills (BGA or similar high density packages)