Starship Avionics Electrical Engineer — High-Reliability Hardware

SpaceX; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks an Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics) to rapidly develop high-reliability avionics components for Starship and Super Heavy. You will lead trades, requirements capture, and testing from concept through flight readiness, working across EEE, EMI, radiation, and production teams.

The role emphasizes analog/digital design, power electronics, and HW bring-up in extreme environments, with opportunities to push technology toward robust, manufacturable solutions.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer/mechanical engineering.
• 1+ years designing, building, or testing circuit boards or electronics.
• Experience with high-reliability electronics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high-reliability avionics components for Starship and Super Heavy.
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test.
• Develop analog and digital circuits from first principles to meet design requirements in extreme environments.
• Design acceptance and qualification testing campaigns and exercise designs to their limit.
• Support hardware through production, integration, and flight.
• Collaborate with teams across departments to drive changes that improve efficiency, manufacturability, and reliability.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Circuit design

Analog design

Power electronics

FPGAs

Networking basics

High voltage

EMI/EMC

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or mechanical engineering

Tools

ECAD tools

PCB design tools

Lab instrumentation

Job description

SpaceX seeks an Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics) to rapidly develop high-reliability avionics components for Starship and Super Heavy. You will lead trades, requirements capture, and testing from concept through flight readiness, working across EEE, EMI, radiation, and production teams.

The role emphasizes analog/digital design, power electronics, and HW bring-up in extreme environments, with opportunities to push technology toward robust, manufacturable solutions.