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SpaceX · 2 hours ago

Electrical Design Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink)

Bastrop, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

1+ years exp

SpaceX is a pioneering aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company focused on enabling human life on Mars. The Electrical Design Engineer will take ownership of developing customer-facing products and devices for Starlink, including the design and verification of electrical systems for hardware like satellite dishes and Wi-Fi routers.

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

Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, 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 boardsPythonC/C++Product lifecycle developmentTroubleshootingDebuggingCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline

1+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware

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

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