Starship Avionics Electrical Engineer

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics) to rapidly develop high‑reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft, driving trades, requirements, and prototype bring‑up across hardware and flight programs.

The role requires a bachelor’s in EE and 1+ years’ hands‑on experience with circuit boards, with preferred expertise in power converters, EMI/EMC, FPGAs, and design‑for‑manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 1+ years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics (research, internships and extracurricular academic projects qualify).

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
• Create development and qualification testing campaigns and exercise designs to their limits
• Support hardware through production, integration, and flight
• Work with experts from other teams and departments to drive changes that make the system more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable. Challenge assumptions and build strong professional relationships

Skills

Power electronics

High-reliability electronics

Circuit board layout

Switching power converters

EMI/EMC compliance

FPGAs / high-speed digital

Power distribution

Scripting for hardware automation

Autonomous/space hardware

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics) to rapidly develop high‑reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft, driving trades, requirements, and prototype bring‑up across hardware and flight programs.

The role requires a bachelor’s in EE and 1+ years’ hands‑on experience with circuit boards, with preferred expertise in power converters, EMI/EMC, FPGAs, and design‑for‑manufacturing.