Signal Integrity Engineer: High-Speed Serdes Satellites

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Signal Integrity Engineer for Starlink satellites in Redmond to own SI across the hardware lifecycle. You will evaluate silicon architectures, oversee PCB layout, and ensure robust channels from die to die bump with interdisciplinary collaboration across RF, packaging, and software teams.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting, characterization, qualification, and developing workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics.
• 1+ years of industry experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
• 1+ years of experience using 3D EM simulation tools and high-speed digital channel simulators (CST, HFSS, ADS).
• 1+ years of research or industry experience with high-speed digital design.

Responsibilities

• Specify, design, simulate, verify, qualify, define production screens for, and generally troubleshoot SI aspects of advanced satellite hardware (high-speed SERDES, DSPs, retimers, optoelectronics).
• Collaborate with RF, antenna, ASIC, packaging, mechanical, thermal, software, supply chain, and production engineers to architect new products with novel channels and power delivery strategies.
• Derive top-level specifications for PCB materials and channel subcomponents; design and optimize transition structures for the channel from die bump to die bump.
• Root cause and fix issues in PCB manufacturing, PCBA test, or satellite integration; define best practices, workflows, signoff criteria, and lab equipment needs.

Skills

Electrical engineering

C/C++ programming

Python

CST

HFSS

ADS

High-speed SERDES

PCB design

Cross-functional collaboration

EMI/EMC debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/Physics

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

DSPs

Retimers

PCB layout

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Signal Integrity Engineer for Starlink satellites in Redmond to own SI across the hardware lifecycle. You will evaluate silicon architectures, oversee PCB layout, and ensure robust channels from die to die bump with interdisciplinary collaboration across RF, packaging, and software teams.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting, characterization, qualification, and developing workflows.