Avionics Systems Engineer (Starship)

Responsibilities

• Represent the Starship avionics system throughout all stages of integration, from production and test all the way through GO for launch
• Triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues on an aggressive production schedule
• Drive future improvements to minimize prevent reoccurrence
• Support vehicle pad and flight operations as avionics operator responsible for evaluating vehicle health, resolving issues real time, and recommending path forward
• Contribute to new avionics vehicle architectures that minimize mass, cost, and labor through collaboration with adjacent teams and supporting analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, science, or math
• 1+ years of experience with electrical component design, system level integration of electronic components or system level testing (internship and collegiate extracurricular engineering project experience will be considered)
• 1+ years of experience using software tools such as Matlab, C++ or Python

Qualifications

• Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)
• Creative problem solving that can bring multiple disciplines together with the ability to assess risk and make design/development decisions without all available data
• Experience troubleshooting sensors, actuators, and electrical components
• Experience with 3D CAD software
• Software fluency, enabling automation of test or analysis tasks
• Self-motivated with strong multi-tasking, organizational and communication skills
• Able to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere
• Operations experience in flight test, piloting aircraft, or controlling other high consequence systems in real time

Additional Requirements

• Extended hours and weekend work frequently required to support critical project and mission milestones
• Travel to other SpaceX facilities may be intermittently required

Pay Range

Pay Range: Level I: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00/per year
Level II: $115,000.00 - $135,000.00/per year

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Variety of other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.