Electrical Design Engineer: Gateways & Customer Hardware

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink) to design, develop, test, and bring up highly reliable electronics for satellite communications. Collaborate with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver high-performance hardware.

Responsibilities include trades, requirements capture, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, and production support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 1+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++).
• Ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.

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 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

Skills

Python/C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink) to design, develop, test, and bring up highly reliable electronics for satellite communications. Collaborate with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver high-performance hardware.

Responsibilities include trades, requirements capture, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, and production support.