Senior Hardware Engineer — Gateways & Customer Terminals

SpaceX

Bastrop (TX)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 230,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer for Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink) in Bastrop, Texas. You will own the end-to-end electrical design of Starlink customer devices, from concept through production, interfacing with silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable, scalable hardware for millions of users.

You will drive trades, requirements, and verification across high-speed analog/digital boards, power supplies, and gateways, ensuring rugged

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
8+ years designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
Master’s degree and 10+ years of experience preferred.

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 with cross-functional teams to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware.
Drive continual improvements by building tools to analyze data in orbit and lab.
Challenge assumptions and find simple solutions to complex problems.