Manufacturing Specialist, PCBA

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 $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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 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)