Avionics Electrical Design Engineer Falcon & Dragon

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Discretionary bonuses

Stock purchase plan

Health, vision, dental coverage

401(k)

Parental leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for the Falcon & Dragon Avionics Hardware Development team in Hawthorne. You will design new hardware, analyze and troubleshoot assemblies, and own avionics hardware across the product life cycle to improve reliability and manufacturability.

You will work on schematics, PCB layouts, and test setups, while addressing production issues and supporting validation through benchtop and environmental testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in electronics hardware design (academic projects, internships, and professional experience all qualify).
• 1+ years of experience with electrical test equipment (e.g., multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes) to verify hardware functionality.

Responsibilities

• Design new hardware, redesign existing hardware, and modify PCBAs to improve 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.

Skills

Electronics hardware design

Electrical test equipment

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

Tools

KiCad

Altium

Eagle

LTspice

SIMetrix

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for the Falcon & Dragon Avionics Hardware Development team in Hawthorne. You will design new hardware, analyze and troubleshoot assemblies, and own avionics hardware across the product life cycle to improve reliability and manufacturability.

You will work on schematics, PCB layouts, and test setups, while addressing production issues and supporting validation through benchtop and environmental testing.