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SpaceX · 5 hours ago

Sr. Electrical Design Engineer (Raptor Avionics)

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$130K/yr - $180K/yr

5+ years exp

SpaceX is a company focused on making human life on Mars possible through advanced technologies. The Sr. Electrical Design Engineer will be responsible for delivering electrical control and sensing hardware for Raptor, overseeing the entire product life cycle from design to validation, and driving improvements in product reliability and manufacturability.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design new hardware, redesign existing hardware, and perform modifications to PCBAs to improve their reliability and manufacturability or expand vehicle capabilities

Provide extreme ownership of avionics hardware for flight across all areas of the product life cycle

Drive changes to electrical schematics and mechanical drawings that improve reliability and manufacturability

Perform root cause investigations to characterize off-nominal unit behavior and mitigate risk

Derive engineering justification to resolve production issues throughout assembly, test, and vehicle integration

Design test setups and execute hardware validation through benchtop and environmental testing

Qualification

Electrical engineeringDesigning electronicsSignal conditioning circuitsSchematic captureDigital communications interfacesCircuit simulation toolsLab equipment proficiencyBoard level reworkEMI/EMC knowledgeProject managementCommunication skillsSelf-starter

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

5+ years professional experience designing electronics

Preferred

Passion for spaceflight and demonstrated experience designing high quality electronics for high reliability applications

Experience developing new hardware, not just incremental updates

Experience working through system trades, pushing back on requirements, and following through with verification and validation

Self-starter with demonstrated experience on multiple projects making hardware work within demanding time and resource constraints

High level of proficiency with designing signal conditioning circuits, digital circuits, and switching power converters, as demonstrated by successful fielding of multiple products

Proficiency with schematic capture and board layout, producing clean and maintainable designs, preferably in Altium or Circuit Maker

Knowledge of digital communications interfaces including SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, and RS422

Knowledge of common circuit blocks including filters, power supplies, and microcontrollers

High level of proficiency with circuit simulation tools and formal analysis methods, such as derating and worst-case circuit analysis

High level of proficiency with lab equipment for development testing of circuits and components, including sophisticated test definition, troubleshooting, data collection, and data reduction techniques

Proficient at board level rework in support of development testing

Solid working knowledge of EMI/EMC underlying physics and specifications, along with best practices for design, and strategies for addressing test exceedances

Experience producing high rate designs which are optimized for manufacturability and cost

Proficiency writing software for test automation, data review, and design analysis, preferably in MATLAB or Python

Cross functional project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines, as demonstrated on multiple programs

Excellent verbal and written communication skills