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Employer
About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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793 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
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As an Electrical Design Engineer (Starlink Mobile), you will join a team focused on providing global cellular connectivity from space. You will own the entire lifecycle of hardware, working at the intersection of electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, and antenna/RF engineering to solve challenges in high-speed digital communications, analog, network system integration, power electronics, and RF devices. Your daily responsibilities include system trade studies, requirements capture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, hardware troubleshooting, and driving production for complex electrical designs. You will utilize skills in mixed-signal circuit boards involving processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces, I2C, SPI, and power supply components. The role requires proficiency in Python and C/C++, along with experience in RF circuit design and electromagnetic simulations to develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft.
Develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft.
Drive system trades, requirements capture, and component selection for complex electrical designs.
Perform schematic capture and oversee PCB layout processes.
Execute hardware bring-up, debugging, and troubleshooting through the production phase.
Manage the full lifecycle of hardware from initial concept to on-orbit performance.
Integrate electrical systems with mechanical, thermal, and software engineering subsystems.
Design mixed-signal circuit boards featuring processors, FPGAs, and high-speed serial interfaces.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics.
1+ years of experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware (internships/co-ops apply).
Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree (preferred).
2+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products (preferred).
2+ years of experience designing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, and high-speed interfaces (preferred).
2+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics (preferred).
Strong understanding of computers and programming languages like Python or C/C++ (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.
Electrical Engineering
PCB Layout
Schematic Capture
Python
C
C++
FPGA
Ethernet
SerDes
DDR4
I2C
SPI
Hardware Bring-up
Debugging
Digital to Analog Converters