Senior Hardware Architect – Global Gateways & Customer Devices

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer for Starlink Gateways & Customer Hardware. You will lead the end‑to‑end electrical system development for Starlink user terminals, gateways, and related hardware, interfacing with software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams.

You will design, verify, and bring up hardware for millions of end‑users and work to ensure reliability in harsh environments. Strong coding in Python/C++ and extensive hardware lifecycle experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• 8+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
• 10+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production.
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++).
• Ability to work in a highly cross‑functional role.
• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with satellites.
• Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring‑up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test of complex electrical designs
• Get hands‑on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight
• Work closely with engineers from adjacent disciplines to deliver tightly integrated, high‑performance hardware
• Drive continual improvements to our designs by building tools to analyze data on orbit and in the lab
• Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems

Skills

Python

C/C++

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

Tools

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer for Starlink Gateways & Customer Hardware. You will lead the end‑to‑end electrical system development for Starlink user terminals, gateways, and related hardware, interfacing with software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams.

You will design, verify, and bring up hardware for millions of end‑users and work to ensure reliability in harsh environments. Strong coding in Python/C++ and extensive hardware lifecycle experience are required.