PCB Designer for Starlink: High-Speed RF & Power

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a PCB Designer for Starlink to design and layout in-house PCBs, collaborating with Hardware Development Engineers and contributing to designs from schematics through fabrication release. You'll work on a range of designs from RF arrays to power converters and more, ensuring manufacturability and testability.

Responsibilities include stackup decisions, library management, and tool evaluation, with strong emphasis on collaboration, attention to signal integrity, and readiness for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 1+ years of professional PCB layout
• Internships and club/project work apply

Responsibilities

• Determine layer stackup, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)
• Library creation and maintenance
• Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
• Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules, constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines
• Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use tools

Skills

PCB Layout

Altium Designer

Mentor Xpedition

ECAD Libraries

RF/Analog

High-speed Bus

Scripting

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Mentor Xpedition

Altium Designer

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a PCB Designer for Starlink to design and layout in-house PCBs, collaborating with Hardware Development Engineers and contributing to designs from schematics through fabrication release. You'll work on a range of designs from RF arrays to power converters and more, ensuring manufacturability and testability.

Responsibilities include stackup decisions, library management, and tool evaluation, with strong emphasis on collaboration, attention to signal integrity, and readiness for