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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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As an Electrical Design Engineer (Starshield), you will join the Starshield team to develop hardware supporting national security efforts through earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. You will take ownership of the full lifecycle of high-reliability electronics used for satellite communication, including electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, and debugging. This role requires collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment. To succeed, you must possess a bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering and experience designing mixed-signal circuit boards featuring processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DRAM interfaces, I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, converters, and power supply components. Proficiency in Python and C/C++ is required to support the development of these critical systems for government-focused satellite technology applications.