Electrical Engineer, Satellites

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $105,000–$145,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Electrical Engineer, Satellites

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Electrical Engineer, Satellites (Starlink) joins the Starlink team to develop high-reliability electronics for the world’s largest satellite constellation. This role involves ownership of the hardware life-cycle, sitting at the intersection of electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, and RF engineering. You will perform system trades, requirements capture, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, and debugging for complex electrical designs. Key responsibilities include driving requirements for underlying silicon and managing production and test for avionics and payload systems. Required skills include experience with mixed-signal circuit boards, processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces, I2C, SPI, and power supply components. Candidates should possess proficiency in Python and C/C++. The work addresses technical challenges in high-speed digital communications, analog, network system integration, and power electronics for satellite connectivity.

What does a Electrical Engineer earn?

Median $150500 from 139 postings across 27 companies.

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Skills

PCB Layout Schematic Capture FPGA Python C/C++ Ethernet SerDes DDR4 I2C SPI RF Engineering Power Electronics Hardware Bring-up Digital Communications Space Lasers Avionics

What you'll do

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 for hardware components.
Execute hardware bring-up, debugging, prototyping, and documentation.
Support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight.
Manage the full life-cycle of hardware from initial concept to on-orbit performance.
Drive requirements for underlying silicon and complete product production and test.

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 can apply).
Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a similar engineering degree (preferred).
2+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products (preferred).
2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production (preferred).
2+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics (preferred).
Strong understanding of computers and programming languages such as Python and C/C++ (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.

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