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Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

Astranis· Engineering
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San Francisco$135k - $235kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Reliability Engineer role focused on ensuring spacecraft electronics and systems meet reliability and availability needs for geosynchronous spacecraft designs, driving Design for Reliability and collaborating across engineering and production.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Qualifications

  • 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

Skills

Required:Reliability analysisDesign for ReliabilityElectrical designData analysis
Nice to have:Root cause analysis

Benefits

  • equity
  • robust benefits including high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Astranis

Advanced satellites for high orbits.

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.

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