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Salary: USD 120,000 - 145,000 / annual
Astranis is seeking a Radiation Test Engineer to join its spacecraft electronics team in San Francisco. You will be responsible for analyzing, testing, and validating candidate electronics for spacecraft operating in high-radiation environments (GTO and GEO orbits). This is a hands-on role combining design, simulation, and experimental validation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support the design of fault-tolerant electrical systems for radiation environments
- Simulate and model GTO and GEO radiation environments on PCBA designs
- Coordinate and execute radiation testing campaigns to upscreen components
- Develop fault-tolerant systems and operations into spacecraft by collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Support electrical design, bringup, and test activities
- Assist in recruiting and hiring for the growing team
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent technical field
- Hands-on experience with electrical design
- Demonstrated experience designing and testing for radiation effects
- Experience testing analog and digital circuits
- Experience with fault-tolerant, high-reliability systems
- US Citizenship or Green Card (required for defense work)
- Passion for hardware development in fast-paced environments
Bonus experience includes:
- Prior work on space or high-radiation environment electrical designs
- Familiarity with geostationary radiation effects (TID, SEE, DDD)
- Experience running tests at radiation labs
- Dosimeter circuit design
- ECAD and MCAD tools (Altium, Solidworks)
Astranis designs, builds, and operates advanced satellites for high orbits, serving large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. The company has raised over $750 million and operates from a 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California with a team of 450 engineers.
