Electrical Test Engineering Lead - High-Volume PCB

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, Texas, seeks an Electrical Test Engineering Manager to own high-volume PCB test at the Starlink factory. You will build and lead a team, own test fixtures, PCBA design, and establish program benchmarks for yield, throughput, and reliability.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with CAM, PCB operations, SMT, and SpaceX test leaders at other sites, ensuring production readiness and continuous improvement. Occasional travel to other sites is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in high-volume electrical or manufacturing test.
• 2+ years leading engineers, including hiring and performance management.

Responsibilities

• Own high-volume production test: yield, coverage, escape rate, first-pass yield, tester throughput, and tester uptime; drive cross-functional root cause with CAM, PCB operations, and SMT.
• Build and lead a team of engineers and specialists: hire, develop, and set performance expectations.
• Own test fixture and rack design for multi-unit production test: mechanical design of fixtures and racks that hold and present multiple units, plus the electrical interface, designed for production rate, changeover, and durability.
• Own test PCBA design and release: schematic, layout, bring-up, and fabrication/assembly of boards used in the test process.
• Set the bar for test programs, fixtures/racks, test boards, and equipment (ICT / Teradyne, flying probe, and related GSE); sign production readiness for new products and panel revisions.
• Set priorities and capacity across new-product introduction, sustaining, and debug.
• Provide leadership a clear operating picture: staffing, yield, downtime, and throughput.
• Partner with electrical test leaders at other SpaceX factories to transfer working production test capability.
• Travel to other sites as needed; this role is based on site in Bastrop.

Skills

Electrical test leadership

Team leadership

Production test

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ICT / Teradyne

Flying probe

Fixture design

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, Texas, seeks an Electrical Test Engineering Manager to own high-volume PCB test at the Starlink factory. You will build and lead a team, own test fixtures, PCBA design, and establish program benchmarks for yield, throughput, and reliability.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with CAM, PCB operations, SMT, and SpaceX test leaders at other sites, ensuring production readiness and continuous improvement. Occasional travel to other sites is required.