Lead Electrical Test Engineer — Starlink Production

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Lead Electrical Test Engineer at the Starlink factory in Bastrop to own high‑volume PCB test programs, fixtures, and test PCBAs. You will mentor a team of test engineers and coordinate with CAM and design to improve throughput and yield.

You will spend substantial time on tester automation, in‑circuit and flying‑probe testing, and developing robust DFT guidelines for new panels, while traveling to other SpaceX factories as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 3+ years in high‑volume electrical or manufacturing test (ICT, flying probe, functional, or equivalent).
• 2+ years mentoring engineers on a test process.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical test production program quality: in‑circuit and flying‑probe programs, fixtures, correlation, change control, and first‑article for new products and panel revisions, including yield and throughput.
• Design and own test fixtures and racks for multi‑unit production test: mechanical structure, unit presentation, and electrical interface.
• Design and own test PCBAs: schematic, layout, bring‑up, and fabrication/assembly of boards used in the test process.
• Debug yield, false‑fail, and false‑pass on the production floor; drive technical root cause with CAM and process engineering.
• Develop and maintain Design For Test guidelines and work with design and CAM teams to implement them on new panels.
• Develop test strategies, perform test coverage analyses, and conduct formal test strategy reviews with peer teams.
• Write or maintain automation software to interact with testers, instrumentation, and production documentation systems.
• Technically lead test engineers, technicians, and specialists on programs, fixtures/racks, test PCBAs, and debug.

Skills

Team leadership

Test program development

Root cause analysis

Python

C/C++

Automation scripting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Teradyne ICT

Flying probe testers

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Git

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Lead Electrical Test Engineer at the Starlink factory in Bastrop to own high‑volume PCB test programs, fixtures, and test PCBAs. You will mentor a team of test engineers and coordinate with CAM and design to improve throughput and yield.

You will spend substantial time on tester automation, in‑circuit and flying‑probe testing, and developing robust DFT guidelines for new panels, while traveling to other SpaceX factories as needed.