Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering)
Responsibilities
- Leverage experience and technical background to drive complex and challenging silicon projects from kick-off through production
- Track and communicate schedules and milestones for front-end and backend ASIC development tasks
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to introduce new silicon to drive fast as possible bring-up
- Collaborate with silicon team and supply chain to find suppliers for silicon development
- Lead discussions with internal and external teams to identify and rectify issues
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- 8+ years of Technical Project or Program Management experience
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Master’s degree in an engineering discipline
- Project leadership of satellite and/or consumer product lifecycle(s)
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal to communicate with stakeholders across the company
- Knowledge and experience with digital and/or analog/RF ASIC design processes from project kick-off to tape-out
- Knowledge and hands on experience working with external IP and EDA tool vendors
- Experience working with advance node fabs, package substrate and OSAT partners
- In-depth understanding of the steps required to go from engineering wafers to mass production
- Silicon project management skills with experience in most or all of the following areas:
- Silicon design, bring-up, qualification, and ramp-up to production
- Pre-silicon testing with emulation or FPGA platform
- Wafer and package part ATE testing
- Silicon packaging
- Silicon reliability and package qualification for mission profile
- PCB schematics and layout
- Silicon software drivers and diagnostic scripts
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must be willing to travel when needed (typically
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical deadlines
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law. Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
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. Learn more about the ITAR here.