Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink)
About the role
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. Starlink believes in providing fast, reliable internet to serve populations with little or no connectivity.
As a Sr. Electrical Design Engineer on the Starlink team, you will have complete ownership over the development of millions of customer-facing products and devices that we ship directly to end users. Our customers include teachers in remote areas, researchers, digital nomads, emergency responders, commercial airlines, cruise lines, and residential users who live in rural or developing areas.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites
- Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams
- Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test of complex electrical designs
- Get hands-on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight
- Work closely with engineers from adjacent disciplines to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware
- Drive continual improvements to our designs by building physical and digital tools to analyze data collected on orbit and in the lab
- Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems
Qualifications
The basic qualifications for this role include a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
Skills
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree
- 8+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products
- 8+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production
- Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++)
- Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role
Additional Requirements
The ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines is required. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.