Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

Astranis · San Francisco · Engineering

Posted 2026-07-20

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Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer

As Senior Reliability Engineer with Astranis, you will play a critical role in ensuring our spacecraft electronics and systems meet our reliability and availability needs. You’ll support the team in pushing the boundary of what is possible in a geo-synchronous spacecraft design and enable performance in space that has not been realized to date. You’ll ensure that Design for Reliability is at the forefront of our engineering processes.

Role

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

Requirements

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

Bonus

Experience performing failure analysis and destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure

Familiarity with manufacturing processes and testing methodologies for electronic components

Knowledge of accelerated test profiles for component-level screening and qualification testing

What we offer:

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.

Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.

Base Salary

$135,000—$235,000 USD

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