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SpaceX · 6 hours ago

Electrical Design Engineer (Starshield)

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$115K/yr - $135K/yr

2+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars, and they are seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for their Starshield program. This role involves designing and testing electronics for government use, focusing on communication with satellites and ensuring hardware reliability throughout its life cycle.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Rapidly design, develop and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites

Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring up and debugging

Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams and production test teams

Qualification

Electrical engineeringCircuit board designMixed-signal designPythonC/C++TestingDebuggingFast-paced project experienceCommunication skillsCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering

Experience designing electronics products

Preferred

2+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products

2+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life cycle development of new hardware products and not small incremental updates to legacy hardware

2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4), I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and power supply components

2+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting and debugging electronics

2+ years of professional experience with fast-paced projects

Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++)

Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role

Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal