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Today Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe - large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. \nWith 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.\nAstranis 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.\nTeam Lead - Propulsion Manufacturing\nAs our Propulsion Manufacturing Team Lead you will be responsible for the manufacturing and delivery of our propulsion systems. You will lead, and continue building, a team of world class propulsion manufacturing engineers, technicians, and aerospace welders. \nRole\nLead a team of Propulsion manufacturing engineers, technicians, and welders to build satellite propulsion systems, including hiring and managing direct reports.\nCreate and enforce quality standards and processes to ensure proper verification of unit-level and system-level hardware. Evaluate non-conformances to determine root cause and create corrective action plans and system improvements.\nManage day-to-day activities of propulsion manufacturing, including creating processes for assigning and tracking work across a multi-disciplinary team.\nCreate and enforce a culture of safety and quality throughout the workplace.\nEvaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration, and work closely with design engineering teams to new designs and processes to enable factory output growth targets up to 24 vehicles per year.\nCreate, maintain and communicate detailed schedules, ensuring your team and other stakeholders are aware of tasks and deadlines, including resource identification and acquisition.\nOwn both internal and external manufacturing processes, including vendor management and ROI analysis on insourcing any processes.\nDevelop new processes and tooling to support the manufacturing and assembly of new hardware designs, as well as continuous improvement of existing processes.\nWork hands-on with flight hardware alongside your team to ensure mission success.\nRequirements\nBachelor's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.\n5+ years of professional experience in a hardware manufacturing or production environment (aerospace preferred).\nDemonstrated ability to manage a lab and/or production facilities, equipment, and operations.\nProven leadership through project management, mentorship, and people management experience.\nHands-on experience working with fluid or gas feed systems.\nExperience with 3D CAD software, including navigating complex assemblies and designing basic fixturing.\nAbility to use ERP/MES systems for creating procedures, tracking hardware ad builds, and enforcing quality processes.\nStrong communication (written and verbal), organizational skills, and attention to detail.\nStrong mechanical systems engineering intuition and critical thinking. Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives.\nBonus\nDirect management experience of engineers, technicians, and/or welders.\nExperience with fluid and gas system component design.\nSpecific experience with low thrust monopropellant, green monopropellant, and electric propulsion systems\nExperience in spacecraft fueling and launch operations.\nFamiliarity with AFSPCMAN 91-710 and other Range Safety documentation and requirements.\nWhat we offer: \nAll our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.\nBase 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.\nAstranis 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.\nBase Salary\n$145,000—$190,000 USD\nU.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required\n(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))\nOur mission and products are built for everyone, regardless of gender, race, creed, or background. 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