# PCBA SMT Technician

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $36-$52 USD per hour
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96372482

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## Description

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

As a PCBA SMT Technician at Astranis, you'll work with machines that assemble printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) on satellites and ground support equipment.

Responsibilities:

- Develop reflow profiles meeting peak temperature and time above liquidus (TAL) requirements

- Program a paste printer, pick and place machine, and jet printer, verifying programs are defect-free

- Create automated optical inspection (AOI) programs

- Develop selective soldering (SLS) profiles and verify with x-ray inspection

- Support wash, depanel, and x-ray inspection processes

Requirements:

- High school diploma or GED equivalent

- 2+ years of hands-on experience as a technician in aerospace, automotive, or similar industries

- Ability to read assembly drawings, work instructions, and travelers

- Collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams

- Onsite work required 5 days a week

- Excellent attention to detail

Preferred qualifications:

- A.S. electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering technology or equivalent technical programs

- IPC-A-610 certification and experience with Class 3 and J-STD-001 Space Addendum assemblies

- Experience with programming jet printers, pick and place machines, reflow ovens, AOI, and selective soldering machines

- Experience with x-ray inspection and wash processes

Benefits:

- Compensation package including equity and robust benefits

- Base pay component with 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

## Skills

### Required
- SMT
- PCBA
- assembly
- inspection
- programming

### Nice to have
- IPC-A-610 certification
- Class 3 and J-STD-001 Space Addendum assemblies
- jet printers
- pick and place machines
- reflow ovens
- AOI
- selective soldering machines
- x-ray inspection
- wash processes

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