Electrical Design Engineer: Gateways & Customer Hardware

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks an Electrical Design Engineer for Starlink gateways and customer hardware. You will own the electrical design of consumer hardware (Starlink dishes, Wi‑Fi routers) and ensure robust, verifiable systems from concept to production.

You will work with silicon, software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams to deliver high‑volume, field‑ready hardware capable of withstanding harsh environments while supporting millions of users globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 1+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
• Master’s degree preferred (EE/CE).
• 2+ years of experience designing hardware with mixed-signal boards using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, Serdes, DDR4, I2C, SPI, op-amps, ADC/DAC, and power supplies.
• 2+ years of testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with satellites.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams.
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, and hardware bring-up.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Cross-functional collaboration

Hardware bring-up

Schematic design

System-level design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

SpaceX seeks an Electrical Design Engineer for Starlink gateways and customer hardware. You will own the electrical design of consumer hardware (Starlink dishes, Wi‑Fi routers) and ensure robust, verifiable systems from concept to production.

You will work with silicon, software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams to deliver high‑volume, field‑ready hardware capable of withstanding harsh environments while supporting millions of users globally.