Power Electronics Engineering Manager

Astranis
San Francisco, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 5+ years of board-level power electronics design experience and a background in managing engineering teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of power electronics design and team leadership experience
    — “5+ years of board level experience designing power electronics hardware from concept through production”
  • Candidates experienced in spacecraft power systems and hardware verification
    — “Oversee the design, build, and implementation of the power converters and systems”

Things to consider

  • U.S. citizenship or Green Card is a mandatory requirement due to export regulations
    — “U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required”
  • The role involves significant collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across the project lifecycle
    — “Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define the spacecraft power requirements and architectures”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to lead and grow engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
    — “Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior power engineers”
  • Showcase your hands-on involvement in hardware verification and debugging processes
    — “Drive power converter design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging”
  • Include any experience with photovoltaics, Li-ion batteries, or magnetics in your resume or interview narrative
    — “Experience with photovoltaics”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with radiation effects relevant to space-based hardware
    — “Radiation effects knowledge”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • managing and growing a team of power electronics engineers
  • defining spacecraft power requirements and architectures
  • designing, building, and implementing power converters and systems
  • supporting production and mission operations teams
Typical background
B.S. or higher in electrical engineering5+ years of professional experience in power electronics hardware design

Skills & requirements

Required

Power ElectronicsBoard Level DesignHardware DevelopmentTeam ManagementRecruitmentCommunicationUS Citizenship Or Green Card

Preferred

PhotovoltaicsLi-ion BatteriesMagnetics In Power ElectronicsRadiation Effects Knowledge

Stack & domain

Power ElectronicsSatellite DesignHardware DevelopmentTeam ManagementRecruitmentTechnical DesignLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkSatellite EngineeringSpacecraft Design

About the role

Original posting from Astranis via Greenhouse

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 $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Power Electronics Engineering Manager

As the Engineering Manager for the Power Electronics team, you will play a critical role in building and leading a team of Power Electronics engineers. 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.

Role

Directly manage and grow a team of junior and senior power engineers

Collaborate with a broad and multidisciplinary team to define the spacecraft power requirements and architectures

Oversee the design, build, and implementation of the power converters and systems

Manage a detailed schedule to ensure that our power converters and systems development is in sync with the overall program schedule

Drive power converter design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging

Support in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

Support the production and mission operations teams on the build and in-flight use of our power converter hardware

Drive the growth of the power team through recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-expanding team

Requirements

B.S. or higher in electrical engineering, or similar technical degree

5+ years of professional experience with fast-paced product design cycles

5+ years of board level experience designing power electronics hardware from concept through production

A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development

Demonstrated ability to design, build, and test hardware from scratch

Demonstrated ability to build and manage teams of engineers and communicate clearly with other disciplines

US Citizenship or Green Card

Bonus

Experience with photovoltaics

Experience with Li-ion batteries and management systems

Experience with magnetics in power electronics

Radiation effects knowledge

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$160,000—$215,000 USDU.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required

(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Our mission and products are built for everyone, regardless of gender, race, creed, or background. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we invite all people to join our team and bring their unique perspectives to make us stronger.

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