Sr. PCB Designer (Starlink)

About the Role

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and is leveraging its experience to deploy Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system. As a Sr. PCB Designer, you’ll be responsible for creating the layout for all in-house board designs, partnering with Hardware Development Engineers, and contributing to a variety of designs from radio phased arrays to solar power converters.

Responsibilities

• Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)
• Library creation and maintenance
• Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
• Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to improve design rules, constraints, and design for test and manufacture guidelines
• Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 5+ years of professional experience with PCB layout OR 8+ years of professional experience with PCB layout in lieu of a degree (internships and club/project work applies)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of experience with PCB layout and routing in modern passive and active electronics components, surface-mount, RF components, ball-grid array, or high pin density components
• 3+ years of experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
• Demonstrated understanding of design for manufacturability, assembly, and test
• Experience with Mentor Xpedition and/or Altium Designer (Mentor Xpedition preferred)
• Experience with layout of mixed analog and digital designs, high-speed buses, FPGA, DRAM and CPU designs, power supplies, DC-DC converters, transmission lines, impedance-controlled traces, and power traces
• Experience with MIL-STD, commercial, and IPC standards
• Ability to visualize component placement and interconnectivity
• Experience with scripting and automation
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with others

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to conform to U.S. Government export regulations