Electrical Engineer, PCB (Starlink)

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain new and/or improved manufacturing processes, equipment, technologies, and facilities; examples could include automatic optical inspection, bed-of-nails, and flying probe
• Analyze production processes and machinery from a first principles, physics-based approach
• Lead design of experiments (DOE) to establish a stable and robust process that can be handed off to production personnel; perform defect characterization and analysis to determine root causes and develop action plans to improve yields
• Develop project plans, budgets, and cost/benefit analysis for implementation of new processes or machines
• Own and perform machine activation and testing with a small team of engineers and technicians
• Solve technical and emergent issues from manufacturing (part quality, machine reliability, process instability, etc.)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional experience in a hands-on manufacturing environment

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ability to read and understand technical drawings
• Ability to solve complex problems utilizing engineering first principles with minimal supervision on tight schedules
• Strong Interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Experience with maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical test equipment, including replacing and reworking components (amplifiers, wire wraps, pogo pins)
• Experience working in high volume electronics manufacturing
• Knowledge of IPC manufacturing standards
• Experience diagnosing PCB failure modes and root cause analysis
• Knowledge of quality tools such as design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis, corrective action, process failure mode, effects analysis (PFMEA), and various problem-solving approaches
• Experience with taking products from research and development into production
• Experience with electrical test fixture design, qualification, and implementation

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willingness to travel to other SpaceX sites and/or vendors for potentially extended periods of time including international
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
• Lifting, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position
• Willing to work onsite; remote work is not considered