<div class="content-intro"><p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><div class="columnLayout single" data-layout="single"> <div class="cell normal" data-type="normal"> <div class="innerCell"><strong>Thermal Engineer </strong> <p>As an Astranis Thermal Engineer, you will design, evaluate and test thermal solutions ranging from electronic chips to full spacecraft thermal vacuum tests. You must have a strong problem-solving background as well as hands-on testing skills. Experience with spacecraft or printed circuit board thermal mitigation are benefits but not required.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columnLayout single" data-layout="single"> <div class="cell normal" data-type="normal"> <div class="innerCell"> <h4 id="JobDescriptionThermalEngineerII-Role"><strong>Role</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-uuid="d43ce9e2-4042-4683-b2d1-ef347b312c15">Mature designs through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases using practical passive and active thermal control techniques</li> <li data-uuid="c605ede1-35f0-48ba-8fab-19150f13e8ca">Support design trades that successfully balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule</li> <li data-uuid="190a1469-a440-4e8f-a3f4-5c8272a2f161">Perform thermal analysis to varying degrees of fidelity (simplified to detailed) on a variety of different types of hardware such as propulsion components, batteries, high powered electronics, RF components, mechanisms, and printed circuit boards (PCBs)</li> <li data-uuid="2950bef3-f13e-4527-9677-dc228f4febd5">Design, evaluate, procure and test thermal solutions such as heaters, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, and surface coatings</li> <li data-uuid="93f5fcb9-60b4-4f9c-a48f-2f44ea450db8">Develop processes and procedures for integration and assembly which ensure thermal design intent is met. Collaborate with the integration and test team; provide assistance with the installation of thermal hardware as needed</li> <li data-uuid="3c0bc533-9ee4-480c-b161-1c9ec039e6cd">Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at the component and spacecraft level</li> </ul> <h4 id="JobDescriptionThermalEngineerII-Requirements"><strong>Requirements</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics</li> <li>2+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role</li> <li>Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design; computational thermal design experience (finite methods) is not required but highly preferred</li> <li>Proficiency with mechanical CAD</li> <li>A passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development</li> <li>Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.</li> </ul> <h4 id="JobDescriptionThermalEngineerII-Bonus"><strong>Bonus</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Experience with Thermal Desktop</li> <li>Experience with ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS IcePak</li> <li>Experience with Electronics Packaging and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design</li> <li>Experience building and operating high vacuum systems</li> <li>Experience designing for a vacuum environment or environments with large temperature swings</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><div><strong>What we offer: </strong></div> <div> </div> <div>All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.</div> <div> </div> <div> <p data-path-to-node="3">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.</p> </div> <div>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.</div></div><div class="title">Base Salary</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$130,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$165,000 USD</span></div></div&g