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.
As a Senior Structural Analyst you will own the modeling, structural analysis, and testing of components, subsystems, and entire spacecraft.
In addition to being a significant individual contributor, you will mentor and train junior mechanical engineers on such projects. You must have a strong analytical background, hands-on testing skills, and preferably some experience with spacecraft and/or aerospace engineering.
Role- Perform analysis of complex components, assemblies, and spacecraft to satisfy launch and on-orbit requirements
- Help define structural load requirements and test requirements for components and subsystems
- Lead vibration test campaigns for components, assemblies, and spacecraft that you have analyzed
- Develop and define design best practices for future programs
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
- B.S. or M.S in mechanical, aerospace engineering or equivalent
- 4+ years of experience
- Strong Finite Element analysis skills (Femap/Nastran expertise preferred)
- Structural dynamics testing experience
- Experience correlating finite element models based on dynamics test data
- Experience mentoring junior engineers
- Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.
- Experience analyzing and testing composite structures
- Experience defining vibration environments and running mechanical testing on spacecraft and spacecraft components
- Demonstrated ability to personally design, analyze, and procure complex mechanical assemblies with 30+ components in aerospace or similar
- Experience in synthesizing requirements and flowing them down to sub-scale verification builds and testing
- Acoustics analysis and/or test experience
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.
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What We Do
Astranis is building small, low-cost telecommunications satellites. Our mission is to help get online the 4 billion people who are without internet access.
