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Senior Hardware Test Engineer

Astranis
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San Francisco$145k - $235kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Hardware Test Engineer role at Astranis, a satellite company based in San Francisco, focusing on building and testing high-reliability hardware from concept to high-rate production.

Responsibilities

  • Work cross-functionally to define test requirements and choose test methods that cover the stresses hardware sees in its operating environment.
  • Write and run qualification and validation test plans, including functional, thermal cycling, vibration, shock, TVAC, accelerated life, and HALT/HASS testing.
  • Design, build, and automate test equipment, fixtures, and instrumentation end to end in Python, maximizing throughput to keep up with fast design cycles.
  • Select, operate, and maintain environmental chambers, data acquisition systems, custom test racks, and measurement equipment.
  • Write test procedures and reports, and present results clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
  • Lead failure investigations and see corrective actions through to closure.

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
  • 5+ years testing power electronics, avionics, or other high-reliability electronic hardware.
  • A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
  • Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives
  • Experience with environmental chambers, automated test equipment, and test fixtures.
  • Strong ability to read schematics and understand circuits.
  • Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, DMMs, DAQs, power supplies, electronic loads, and SMUs.
  • Experience with digital interfaces and protocols, such as CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and Ethernet.
  • Proficiency in Python for test automation and data analysis.
  • Strong technical writing, including test plans, reports, requirements, and specifications.

Skills

Required:Test planning and executionPythonEnvironmental testingElectrical schematics

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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