TransAstra Corporation
Orbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids
What TransAstra Corporation does
With five issued patents covering our core business lines, and more than a dozen additional patents pending this year and more than $5M in revenue, TransAstra is developing the technologies that will drive the rapidly expanding space economy. Our breakthrough Omnivore propulsion system can propel spacecraft, including our Worker Bee commercial OTV with water or virtually any other fluid as a propellant using only concentrated sunlight as a power source. Omnivore is faster, cheaper, and more practical than electric propulsion while being substantially less expensive, safer, and more operationally flexible than legacy chemical propulsion systems. Our Sutter Telescope System can identify and locate resource-rich asteroids and orbital debris that existing technologies can’t find and works synergistically with our Worker Bee OTV for orbital logistics. For government customers, Sutter can identify dark fast-moving objects between Earth and the Moon which currently evade detection, a critical issue for national defense and a key need of the Space Force. We are already using Sutter in ground-based observatories and will begin commercial sales of Sutter SDA data next month having tracked dozens of faint moving objects in space already. Once launched into space, Sutter will be 300,000 times more cost effective than any other known telescope design and will revolutionize sense making in space.
1 open role
What the role involves
Duties and Responsibilities: With guidance from senior engineers, the selected candidate will: Design electromechanical systems, including the specification and procurement of motors, actuators, sensors, etc. Design, adapt, and maintain laboratory data acquisition systems Perform experiments and analyses on RF systems Provide support on multidisciplinary engineering problems and projects Required Qualifications/Experience: B.S. in Electrical Engineering (or related field) Minimum GPA of 3.5 Engineering Programming (Python, Matlab, C/C++, VBA, etc.) PCB layout, circuit design, and soldering experience Strong experience with microcontroller systems (Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc.) Excellent problem solving and analytical skills Hands-on experience in laboratory or testing environment U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder (due to the export-controlled nature of our work) Available for a minimum of 40 hours a week Must be currently located in (or able to relocate to) the Los Angeles area Excellent written and communication skills Preferred Qualifications/Experience: The ideal candidate will also have experience in a minimum of 4 of the following additional categories: Data Acquisition Systems Microcontrollers, Motor Controls, Sensors, & Related Electronics Electromechanical Systems Design Power electronics and/or high voltage electronics Space electronics engineering and vacuum electronics Plasma Physics Optics CAD Design (Solidworks preferred, AutoCAD or NX acceptable) Image Recognition and Computer Vision
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