Electrical Design Engineer (Starshield)

United States Digital Space LLC; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in California seeks an Electrical Design Engineer for their Starshield program. You will lead the design and testing of electronics used in satellite communication, ensuring hardware reliability and collaboration across teams.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and at least 2 years of experience in product development. Join a mission-driven team to contribute to innovative projects aimed at human life on Mars.

Qualifications

• Experience designing electronics products.
• 2+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products.
• Strong understanding of computers and programming.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly design, develop and test electronics for satellites.
• Drive electrical architecture and circuit board design.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Circuit board design

Electronics testing

Python programming

C/C++ programming

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Mixed-signal circuit boards

FPGAs

Rapid prototyping tools

Job description

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER (STARSHIELD)

Starshield leverages the company’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. As an electrical development engineer on the Starshield team, you will demonstrate extreme ownership through detailed and thorough design, hardware bring‑up/characterization/testing, and requirements generation/verification - ultimately seeing your hardware through all aspects of its life cycle.

Starshield is a quickly growing program with a wide range of engaging opportunities from blank-sheet design to on‑orbit troubleshooting. You will work with many cross-disciplinary teams and will need to think at a system level to ensure that your design is viable. Our development timelines are quick and you will need to rigorously explore solutions for previously unsolved or unknown problems. Every day we push the limits of what is possible through innovation, determination, and teamwork to drive the mission to success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Rapidly design, develop and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites.
• Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring up and debugging.
• Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams and production test teams.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
• Experience designing electronics products.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 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.
• 2+ years of professional experience with fast‑paced projects.
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++).
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross‑functional role.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start‑up atmosphere.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive company missions; if so, you will be subject to pre‑employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Pay range:

• Electrical Hardware Design Engineer/Level I: $105,000.00 – $120,000.00 per year
• Electrical Hardware Design Engineer/Level II: $115,000.00 – $145,000.00 per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job‑related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at the company. You may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long‑term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long‑term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

• 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with the company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to [e-mail].