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SpaceX · 1 day ago

Principal Electrical Design Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$170K/yr - $250K/yr

8+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. As a Principal Electrical Design Engineer on Starlink, you will have ownership over the entire life-cycle of hardware that enables connectivity, working across various engineering disciplines to design and test reliable electronics for satellites.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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

Evaluate third party electrical and design integration solutions for reliable operation of Starlink

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

Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test of complex electrical designs

Get hands-on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight

Work closely with engineers from adjacent disciplines (mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, silicon design, etc.) to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware

Drive continual improvements to our designs by building physical and digital tools to analyze data collected on orbit and in the lab

Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems

Qualification

Electrical engineeringCircuit designMixed-signal circuit boardsAerospace systemsPythonC/C++PCB layoutHardware troubleshootingCross-functional collaborationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

8+ years of experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware (internship and project team experience is applicable)

Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines

Some roles may require working on an “on-call” basis on a weeklong rotational schedule (On-Orbit Reliability only)

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Preferred

Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree

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

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

Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role

2+ years working on aerospace systems