Orbital AI Hardware Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking an Electrical Hardware Engineer for the AI Satellites (Starmind) program. You will own full lifecycle electronics from schematic to flight hardware, applying power, analog/digital, and high-speed design to enable orbital AI compute.

Join a cross-functional team of avionics, payload, and software engineers to deliver high-performance spacecraft hardware. Candidates should have a B.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer engineering, or physics.
• 1+ years designing circuits, electronics, or hardware (internships/co-ops accepted).

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft.
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, testing and on-orbit performance.
• Get hands-on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight.
• Work closely with mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, silicon design, and other disciplines to deliver integrated hardware.
• Challenge assumptions, question requirements, and approach problems with an open mind.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Cross-functional

Aerospace systems

Hardware design

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics

Tools

FPGAs

Ethernet

DDR4

I2C

SPI

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking an Electrical Hardware Engineer for the AI Satellites (Starmind) program. You will own full lifecycle electronics from schematic to flight hardware, applying power, analog/digital, and high-speed design to enable orbital AI compute.

Join a cross-functional team of avionics, payload, and software engineers to deliver high-performance spacecraft hardware. Candidates should have a B.S.