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SpaceX · 1 day ago

Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$115K/yr - $135K/yr

1+ years exp

SpaceX is a company focused on enabling human life on Mars through advanced aerospace technologies. The Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics) will develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft, working on the design and field electronics for the Starship gasifier and RCS systems.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft

Work in an interdisciplinary team to design and field electronics for command and control of next generation gasifier and RCS systems

Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test of printed circuits boards and other electromechanical assemblies

Rapidly develop high-reliability digital and power electronics for rockets and spacecraft

Create development and qualification testing campaigns and exercise designs to their limits

Support hardware through production, integration, and flight

Work with experts from other teams and departments to drive changes that make the system more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable. Challenge assumptions and build strong professional relationships

Qualification

Circuit board designPower electronicsHigh-reliability applicationsFPGA experienceAnalog control loopsEMI/EMC compliancePassion for spaceflightCommunicationFast-paced environment

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical, industrial, systems, or computer engineering

1+ years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics (research, internships and extracurricular academic projects qualify)

Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones

Preferred

Passion for spaceflight and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications

Excitement for making systems smarter, better, faster, cheaper

Experience making products or systems work with minimal time and resources

Experience developing fundamentally new hardware, not just incrementally updating legacy hardware

Experience with circuit board layout, especially for switching power converters or high-speed digital applications

Experience designing switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, EMI/EMC compliance, or sensor signal conditioning circuits

Experience with high voltage devices, lithium ion batteries, or power distribution optimization

Experience with high performance digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches

Experience with circuit board design-for-manufacturing or productization of electronics

Experience with automating hardware development functions (e.g. scripting to control benchtop equipment or to accelerate analysis or simulation)

Ability to work in a fast-paced and autonomously driven environment

Excellent verbal and written communication skills