Electrical Design Engineer - Starlink Gateways & Customer Hardware

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Bastrop, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for Starlink gateways and customer hardware. You will own the electrical system development for high-volume consumer hardware including Starlink dishes, routers, and gateways, interfacing with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and hands-on experience with circuits, PCB design, and mixed-signal hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 1+ years designing circuits, electronics, or hardware.
• Experience with PCB design and test.
• Strong in Python or C/C++ programming.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test reliable electronics for communicating with satellites.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams.
• Lead system trades, requirements capture, component selection, and PCB layout.
• Support hardware bring-up and production tests.
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance hardware.
• Develop tools to analyze data from on-orbit and lab tests.
• Troubleshoot and debug hardware issues.

Skills

Hardware design

Python

C/C++

PCB design

Mixed-signal design

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for Starlink gateways and customer hardware. You will own the electrical system development for high-volume consumer hardware including Starlink dishes, routers, and gateways, interfacing with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and hands-on experience with circuits, PCB design, and mixed-signal hardware.