# Earth Stations Operations Engineer

**Company**: Astranis
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000-$160,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Earth Station Operations Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day operation, monitoring, and maintenance of satellite earth stations and associated ground infrastructure. This role ensures reliable, safe, and compliant satellite communications by supporting 24/7 operations, troubleshooting RF and network issues, and coordinating with internal teams, vendors, and external partners.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing technical oversight and operational support for earth stations and associated networks, including antennas, RF chains, modems, and networking equipment

- Monitoring earth station performance and executing routine operations such as station bring-ups, link activations, and configuration changes

- Diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving RF, IF, IP, and control system issues and driving fault isolation across ground, space, and network segments through closure

- Performing and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance on earth station and network equipment

- Coordinating field work, remote hands, and vendor support for engineering projects, repairs, and O&M (operations & maintenance) activities

- Interfacing cross-functionally with satellite operations, network engineering, IT, RF, software, program teams, suppliers, and external partners during nominal and anomaly conditions

Requirements include:

- 3-5 years of experience with earth station hardware and wireless communications (preferably satcom)

- Experience with RF electronics and communication systems including RF front-end equipment, back-end equipment, communication hardware, and link budgets

- Experience with antenna system calibration, diagnostics, and monitoring

- Experience using RF test equipment (spectrum analyzer and signal generator) and debugging RF components

- Experience with antenna design and operation

- Experience in an operations environment with an on-call schedule

- Strong project management skills, detail-oriented, organized, and able to demonstrate a high sense of urgency

- Willing to travel 20% of the time

- Willing and able to obtain a security clearance

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Enjoy a fast-paced environment and wearing many hats

Bonus requirements include:

- Bachelor's degree in an applicable field in engineering

- Experience operating GEO, MEO, or LEO satellite systems

- Hands-on experience with iDirect, Newtec, Kratos, or similar ground equipment

- Understanding of regulatory and licensing considerations (FCC, ITU, local authorities)

- Familiarity with antenna control units and tracking systems

- Experience with networking (Ethernet, IP, TCP)

- Comfortable scripting, preferably in Python

- Experience supporting 24/7 operations and shift work

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base 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.

Base Salary: $125,000-$160,000 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (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))

Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.

## Skills

### Required
- earth station hardware
- wireless communications
- RF electronics
- communication systems
- antenna system calibration
- diagnostics
- monitoring
- RF test equipment
- debugging RF components
- antenna design
- operation
- project management
- on-call schedule
- security clearance
- written and verbal communication skills
- Python scripting
- networking
- Ethernet
- IP
- TCP

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