Electrical Engineer - High‑Speed Optical Hardware

Future Ventures; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Engineer (Starlink Optical) to design, validate, and debug high-speed PCB assemblies for optical hardware. You will work with senior engineers on board bring-up, signal integrity, and test infrastructure to enable production-scale systems.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across firmware, mechanical, optical, and manufacturing teams, and requires a Bachelor’s in electrical engineering with hardware design experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
• Experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design and support multilayer PCB assemblies for high-speed optical hardware.
• Assist schematic capture and PCB layout with guidance, applying impedance routing and SI best practices.
• Support board bring-up, electrical validation, and lab debugging for prototype and production hardware.
• Perform signal integrity validation using lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, VNAs, TDR, logic analyzers) and correlate measurements to design intent.
• Support development of evaluation platforms for new silicon, interconnect, and photonic components.
• Contribute to end-of-line test infrastructure, including test fixture design, firmware flashing workflows, and automated validation sequences.
• Work cross-functionally with firmware, mechanical, optical, and manufacturing engineering teams to ensure electrical designs support system integration and production scalability.
• Support electrical documentation, including schematics, BOMs, assembly drawings, and test procedures

Skills

PCB design

Signal integrity

Python

C/C++

FPGA

Mixed-signal design

Lab instrumentation

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

VNAs

TDR

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Engineer (Starlink Optical) to design, validate, and debug high-speed PCB assemblies for optical hardware. You will work with senior engineers on board bring-up, signal integrity, and test infrastructure to enable production-scale systems.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across firmware, mechanical, optical, and manufacturing teams, and requires a Bachelor’s in electrical engineering with hardware design experience.