Electrical Design Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

$100,000 - $120,000/Yr

SpaceX - Redmond, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Redmond, WA

5,001-10,000 employees

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

As an Electrical Design Engineer for Starlink at SpaceX, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing highly reliable electronics that facilitate communication with satellites. This role involves collaboration across various engineering disciplines and offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology that supports the world's largest satellite constellation, providing fast and reliable internet to millions of users globally.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites
• Evaluate third party electrical and design integration solutions for reliable operation of Starlink
• Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams, 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 (mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, silicon design, etc.) 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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics
• 1+ years of experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware (internships/co-op experience can apply)

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree
• 2+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products
• 2+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life cycle development of new hardware products and not small incremental updates to legacy hardware
• 2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4), I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and power supply components
• 2+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++)
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role
• 2+ years working on aerospace systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• 5 days of sick leave per year
• Long-term incentives in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan allowing purchase of additional stock at a discount