Lead Production Electrical Test Engineer, Starlink Hardware

SpaceX

Town of Texas (WI)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Electrical Test Engineer for Customer Hardware (Starlink) to spearhead high-volume production test of Starlink dishes, user terminals, and routers. You will manage a team of test engineers, develop automation in Python, and collaborate across electrical, silicon, software, and manufacturing teams from concept to production.

The role emphasizes designing robust test solutions, implementing Design For Test guidelines, and driving improvements in quality and yield in a

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
5+ years hardware development or electronics test experience.
5+ years of object-oriented programming experience.

Responsibilities

Lead a small team of test engineers developing fixtures, test cases and automated tests for high-volume consumer phased arrays, WiFi routers, power supplies, and upcoming products.
Develop and maintain Design For Test (DFT) guidelines and work with design teams to implement the guidelines on new products.
Develop test strategies, perform thorough test coverage analyses, and conduct formal test strategy reviews with peer teams.
Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, field data, and production documentation systems.
Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive design or infrastructure improvements to increase product quality and yield.
Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems.