Astrolab

Engineer

• Lead mechanical and structural design of space-qualified electronics enclosures for launch random vibration, acoustic loads, and shock environments
• Select flight-proven materials, surface treatments, and staking compounds while balancing structural stiffness, thermal conductivity, electrical bonding, and outgassing limits
• Produce flight drawing packages with GD&T, fastener torque schedules, and electrical grounding and bonding callouts
• Collaborate with thermal analysis teams to verify conductive thermal paths from high-power die and board interfaces to chassis conduction decks and radiator interfaces in vacuum
• Integrate passive and active thermal control hardware, including heat pipes, thermal straps, thermal interface materials, heaters, RTDs, thermistors, and MLI blankets
• Architect static and articulated or dynamic harness installations, including cable wrap mechanisms, service loops, twist capsules, and flex or rigid-flex jumper assemblies
• Design custom brackets, harness support trays, strain relief features, and breakout bulkheads optimized for mass, mass-elastic constraints, and design for manufacturability
• Present and defend mechanical packaging, harness routing schemes, and thermal hardware implementations at PDR, CDR, TRR, and MRR reviews
• Bridge electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering disciplines and own physical, electrical, and thermal interface boundaries
• Take hardware from conceptual trade studies through cleanroom flight builds, environmental qualification, vehicle-level integration, and flight operations

Electromechanical Engineer, All-Levels

Designer

• Perform schematic capture support and PCB layout for complex, high-reliability electronics, including multilayer, high-speed, mixed-signal, and power designs
• Execute constraint-driven layout including impedance control, differential routing, and power integrity considerations
• Lead Altium component library development and define component creation and lifecycle management processes
• Create and maintain symbols, footprints, and 3D models for commonly used parts
• Organize and govern component libraries to ensure consistency, accuracy, and reuse
• Collaborate with Responsible Engineers and mechanical and thermal engineers to ensure design integration
• Iterate designs based on prototype feedback, test results, and manufacturing input
• Prepare electronics designs for manufacturing with a focus on DFM readiness
• Generate and review fabrication and assembly drawings, stackups, and design notes
• Support DFM/DFA reviews with PCB and PCBA contract manufacturers
• Set up and maintain Altium project templates and configurations
• Define PCB layout guidelines, stackup rules, constraints, and baseline drawing notes
• Configure manufacturing packages and the release process
• Develop documentation and training materials covering Altium project setup, component creation, PCB layout rules, tool configuration, and PCBA release processes

PCB Designer, All Levels

SDET

• Build and lead a team of avionics test engineers, including hiring, setting technical direction, executing priorities, and fostering a culture of ownership, craftsmanship, and collaboration
• Own the full lifecycle of avionics unit test systems: architecture definition, rack design, implementation, validation, and production sustainment
• Partner with design teams to implement Design for Test (DFT) feedback, evaluate test coverage, and develop test plans
• Design and develop automated test systems, including COTS equipment selection, custom PCBA and harness design, and test software
• Verify unit-under-test functionality, exercise failure modes, and interface with production data platforms (MES and test data archive)
• Set team standards for test system development, validation, documentation, and quality in compliance with the Astrolab Software Development Process and related standards
• Root cause test anomalies and production failures, drive corrective actions to closure, and support vehicle-level failure investigations as needed

Lead Avionics Test Engineer

• Own the full lifecycle of avionics unit test systems: architecture definition, rack design (DCR, PDR, CDR, TRR), implementation, validation, and production sustainment
• Design and develop automated test systems including COTS equipment selection, custom PCBA and harness design, and fixturing to verify UUT functionality and exercise failure modes
• Write test automation software in Python, C/C++, or similar languages to interface with units under test, test equipment, and production data platforms (MES and test data archive)
• Test software to verify UUT functionality, exercise failure modes, and interface with production data platforms (MES and test data archive)
• Partner with Responsible Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to provide Design for Test feedback, improve test coverage, and increase product reliability and yield
• Own flight hardware through environmental screening, including thermal, vibration, TVAC, and burn-in, and serve as the primary contact for issues or stoppages
• Root cause test anomalies and production failures, drive corrective actions to closure, and support vehicle-level failure investigations as needed

Avionics Test Engineer, All Levels

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics units across Command & Data Handling, Guidance Navigation & Control, power, motor control, and communication systems
• Own avionics units from concept through build, qualification, flight integration, and lunar-surface operations
• Lead make/buy trades and evaluate and qualify COTS components for radiation, thermal, and reliability requirements
• Work with external vendors to specify, develop, and deliver custom avionics products
• Define requirements and interface control documents, review vendor designs, and drive schedules and technical issues to closure
• Design in-house avionics hardware, including component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, circuit board design, board bring-up, debugging, and documentation
• Conduct system-level trades, power-efficiency and signal-integrity analysis, worst-case analysis, and FMECA
• Develop and execute spaceflight qualification testing, including vibration, shock, TVAC, EMI/EMC, and radiation testing
• Partner with test engineers on test plans and coverage
• Interface with mechanical, software, manufacturing, and test engineers for subsystem and vehicle-level integration, troubleshooting, and failure investigations

Electromechanical Engineer, All-Levels

PCB Designer, All Levels

Lead Avionics Test Engineer

Avionics Test Engineer, All Levels

Avionics Engineer, All Levels