# Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer

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. Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer As an Astranis Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer you will own the complete lifecycle of various opto-mechanical systems on our spacecraft. Whether it is incremental improvements or the introduction of a new system, y

- **Id**: 3706406
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/astranis-senior-opto-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T20:56:31Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T13:07:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5911
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Retirement plans, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 171728
- **Name**: Astranis
- **Domain**: astranis.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/astranis>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 91
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.549
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 79
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 145000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T21:11:16Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 79
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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