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Avionics Engineer

Astranis
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San Francisco, CA$105k - $165kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Avionics Engineer at Astranis, a company building advanced satellites for high orbits. Role involves designing flight hardware for satellite avionics, owning hardware lifecycle, and collaborating across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design circuits and PCBs for various spacecraft subsystems
  • Characterize, test, and validate hardware systems across the spacecraft
  • Work within a multidisciplinary team to architecture, design, and execute for satellite avionics
  • Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

Qualifications

  • B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree
  • 2+ years experience in PCB/hardware design
  • A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
  • Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch
  • Strong analog/mixed-signal circuit design skill
  • Experience with debugging circuits with embedded software, from oscilloscope to firmware

Skills

Required:PCB designAnalog/mixed-signal circuit designHardware debugging with embedded software

Benefits

  • All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.
  • Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, 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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