PCB Designer – RF & High‑Speed Space Hardware

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a PCB Designer to create layouts for in-house board designs and collaborate with Hardware Development Engineers to optimize schematics and designs. You will participate in design reviews, iterating layouts for RF, power, and digital applications to meet manufacturability goals.

You’ll contribute to diverse designs—from radio phased arrays to solar power converters—while leveraging tools like Mentor Xpedition or Altium Designer and applying best practices for testability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 1+ years of professional experience with PCB layout OR 3+ years of professional experience with PCB layout in lieu of a degree (internships and club/project work applies)
• Demonstrated understanding of design for manufacturability, assembly, and test
• Experience with MIL-STD, IPC standards and design
• Experience monitoring industry-wide parts
• Ability to visualize component placement and interconnectivity
• Experience with scripting and automation

Responsibilities

• Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, 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

ECAD libraries

Design for test

Mentor Xpedition

Altium Designer

High speed traces

Scripting and automation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

3+ years PCB layout experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Mentor Xpedition

Altium Designer

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a PCB Designer to create layouts for in-house board designs and collaborate with Hardware Development Engineers to optimize schematics and designs. You will participate in design reviews, iterating layouts for RF, power, and digital applications to meet manufacturability goals.

You’ll contribute to diverse designs—from radio phased arrays to solar power converters—while leveraging tools like Mentor Xpedition or Altium Designer and applying best practices for testability and