Hardware Engineer - Electrical, Satellites (Starlink)

SpaceX

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Redmond, WA
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$105,000–$125,000 / yr
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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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TL;DR · Hardware Engineer - Electrical, Satellites (Starlink)

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Join the Starlink team as an Electrical Design Engineer and contribute to the development of high-reliability electronics for satellites, working closely with interdisciplinary teams including mechanical, thermal, software, and test engineering. Your day-to-day will involve system design, schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, hardware troubleshooting, and driving requirements for silicon and product production. You’ll work on challenges such as high-speed digital communications, analog circuits, network integration, power electronics, and RF devices, ensuring successful business outcomes across satellite subsystems. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of professional experience in designing mixed-signal circuit boards with processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, Serdes interfaces, and other components, along with a strong background in aerospace systems and hands-on testing and debugging skills.

Skills

Altium Cadence Allegro PCB Layout Schematic Capture High-Speed Digital Design Analog Circuit Design FPGA Ethernet Serdes Mixed-Signal Circuit Boards DDR4 I2C SPI Operational Amplifiers ADC DAC Power Supply Components Aerospace Systems Mechanical Engineering Thermal Analysis Software Engineering RF Engineering Satellite Integration Space Lasers Production Testing On-Orbit Performance

What you'll do

  • Develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft.
  • Capture system requirements, design schematics, and oversee PCB layout.
  • Troubleshoot hardware issues during production and satellite integration.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineering teams to integrate hardware.
  • Ensure successful on-orbit performance of complex electrical designs.

What we're looking for

  • 1+ year of experience designing circuits or electronic products.
  • 2+ years of professional experience in rapid design and delivery of highly reliable electronics.
  • 2+ years of full life-cycle development for new hardware products, including mixed-signal circuit boards.
  • 2+ years of testing, troubleshooting, and debugging complex electrical designs.
  • 2+ years of experience working on aerospace systems.

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