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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 Hardware Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind), you will join a team developing high-performance electrical hardware for a new satellite constellation designed to power orbital AI inference. You will own the full lifecycle of electronics, including avionics and custom payload systems, from initial concept through production and on-orbit performance. Your daily work involves system trades, requirements capture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, and hardware troubleshooting. To succeed, you must navigate complex challenges in power conversion, high-speed digital communications, mixed-signal designs, thermal management, signal integrity, and RF/optical devices. You will utilize skills in Python and C/C++ while collaborating across mechanical, thermal, and software disciplines. The role focuses on building the hardware backbone for space-based AI infrastructure, ensuring reliable power distribution and high-speed networking in extreme orbital environments.
Develop high-reliability electronics for satellite avionics and custom AI compute hardware.
Manage the full product lifecycle from requirements capture and component selection to manufacturing and flight.
Perform schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, and signal routing for digital, analog, RF, and power systems.
Conduct hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, and debugging of complex electrical designs.
Create and maintain documentation for PCB fabrication and library management.
Execute technical trade studies to optimize power distribution, high-speed communication, and thermal management.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to integrate mechanical, thermal, and software systems into the hardware.
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.
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 such as Python or C/C++ (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.
PCB Layout
mixed signal design
Power Electronics
FPGA
Python
C/C++
high speed digital
RF
DDR4
Ethernet
I2C
SPI
Digital to Analog Converters
Hardware Bring-up
Schematic Capture
Space Systems
PCB Layout
Schematic Capture
FPGA
Python
C
C++
High-Speed Digital
Power Electronics
RF Engineering
Ethernet
SerDes
DDR4
I2C
SPI
Digital to Analog Converters
Power Electronics
Analog Control
Discrete Logic Design
AC-DC Converters
Power Factor Correction
Modeling
Simulation
Spacecraft Electrical Power Systems
Radiation Effects
Impedance Measurement
Loop-gain Measurement
Power Distribution