Starshield Lead PCB Designer — High-Impact Satellite Boards

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Lead PCB Designer for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA to build and lead a new PCB design team. You will collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and reliability teams to design boards meeting performance and reliability goals.

As the leader, you will hire, mentor, set priorities, drive process improvements, and manage DFM/DFT rules, tool selection, and documentation for fabrication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of PCB design experience.
• 1+ years leading teams and/or projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and hire a team of high-performance printed circuit board (PCB) designers.
• Establish priorities and projects with clear scope and objectives.
• Develop growth plans for team members to develop their capabilities.
• Review and guide new projects to maintain cost and performance objectives.
• Drive the development of the electronic data management solutions.
• Determine layer stackup; perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of PCBs.
• 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.
• Standardize and maintain release of documentation for fabrication of PCBs.
• Utilize PCB design tools; maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use tools.

Skills

PCB design

Team leadership

DFM/DFT

Scripting & automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Mentor Xpedition

Altium Designer

Valor Enterprise

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Lead PCB Designer for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA to build and lead a new PCB design team. You will collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and reliability teams to design boards meeting performance and reliability goals.

As the leader, you will hire, mentor, set priorities, drive process improvements, and manage DFM/DFT rules, tool selection, and documentation for fabrication.