# Senior Production Quality Engineer

Hiring organization: [Astranis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/astranis)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/aa894dbd-2128-4c9c-9ae8-e7abe6153aec

Listed on Astranis's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 145000 – 195000 USD per year

## Summary

Astranis seeks a senior quality engineer to oversee manufacturing excellence for satellite hardware, ensuring components meet aerospace standards through inspection, testing, and process improvement. This role suits experienced quality professionals from electronics or mechanical manufacturing who want hands-on responsibility scaling production for high-reliability space systems.

_Our summary, not Astranis's wording._

## Skills named

Altium Designer, Design of Experiments (DOE), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Python, Root Cause Analysis, SolidWorks, SQL, Statistical Process Control (SPC)

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in science or engineering
- 6+ years in quality or manufacturing engineering (or 3+ years with MS/PhD)
- Inspection techniques and electronics troubleshooting
- GD&T proficiency
- Experience with CAD, PLM, or ERP systems
- Python or SQL for data analysis
- Root cause analysis and quality tools
- Cross-functional communication
- Process validation and control methods
- Hands-on manufacturing process qualification for electronics or mechanical assemblies
- First-article inspection review and implementation

## Nice to have

- Spaceflight hardware design and manufacturing knowledge
- High-impact project ownership and quality systems deployment
- Leading production containments for manufacturing defects
- Advanced SQL and Python skills with data visualization tools

Apply on Astranis's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/astranis/jobs/4676417006