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PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

Astranis· Engineering
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San Francisco, CA$120k - $175kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

PCBA Manufacturing Engineer role at Astranis focused on driving PCBA manufacturing with on-time delivery across design engineering, supply-chain, quality, and manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

  • Define manufacturing readiness requirements and lead key milestone reviews to ensure all stakeholder deliverables are complete.
  • Work with the Design Engineering team to identify and escalate manufacturing challenges early in product development by enforcing DFM, DFA and DFS principles.
  • Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds.
  • Investigate failures in production, test, and integration. Identify and mitigate underlying root causes to prevent reoccurrence and foster continuous improvement.
  • Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and workmanship standards.
  • Actively monitor the success of products and processes through the production ramp.
  • Provide direction to contract manufacturing, suppliers, and engineers to manage quarantine and rework activities.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
  • 5+ years of experience in PCB/PCBA fabrication facility
  • 3+ years supplier quality, manufacturing, or design experience
  • Experience in board assembly process and equipment (Stencil print, SPI, pick & place, reflow, AOI, ICT, x-ray inspection)
  • Experience leading DFX reviews to deliver design to manufacturability, testability, quality, and reliability standards
  • Must be onsite 5 days a week
  • Certified or significantly familiar with IPC-610

Skills

Required:Manufacturing readiness and milestone managementDFX (Design for X)PCB/PCBA fabricationQuality systems

Benefits

  • equity
  • robust benefits including high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and 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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