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SpaceX · 1 week ago

Electrical Test Development Engineer, Customer Hardware (Starlink)

Bastrop, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

SpaceX is a company focused on enabling human life on Mars through advanced technologies. As a Starlink Electrical Test Development Engineer, you will develop test solutions for customer-facing devices, ensuring their reliability and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and develop automated test solutions for our high-volume consumer phased arrays, WiFi routers, power supplies, and upcoming products

Select commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test

Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, field data, and production documentation systems

Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive design or infrastructure improvements to increase product reliability and yield

Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems

Qualification

Electrical engineeringHardware developmentTest engineeringPython programmingCircuit analysisPCB designTest equipment usageElectronics reliabilityObject-oriented softwareEnvironmental testingCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline

1+ years of experience with hardware development or electronics test engineering (internship and extracurricular experience is applicable)

1+ years of programming experience

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

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

Experience analyzing circuits and developing functional test plans

Experience designing and troubleshooting PCBAs

Experience with test equipment and measurement techniques to verify and validate product requirements (oscilloscope, multimeter, electronic load, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, vector signal generator, source measurement unit, etc.)

Understanding of electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage

Understanding of metrology, sources of measurement error, and uncertainty analysis

Experience developing object-oriented software

Thorough understanding of electronics reliability and failure mechanisms

Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as HALT/HASS, thermal, vibration and TVAC

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

Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role