Lead PCB Designer

SpaceX

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$135,000–$195,000 / yr
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165 days ago
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This role $165k
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This role pays less than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $167,375–$238,387 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

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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.

SpaceX currently has 793 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 557 roles with salary data.

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Lead PCB Designer (Starshield) will join the Starshield team to build and lead a new PCB design group supporting government-focused satellite and ground system designs for earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. This role involves hiring and mentoring designers, establishing project priorities, and managing the development of electronic data management solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include determining layer stackups, performing component placement, conducting routing feasibility studies, and managing signal routing for digital, analog, RF, and power conversion systems. The candidate will collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to improve design rules and fabrication documentation. Required skills include experience with Mentor Xpedition or Altium Designer, Valor Enterprise, and ECAD library management. Technical expertise must cover high-speed buses, FPGA, DRAM, CPU designs, and DC-DC converters while adhering to MIL-STD, commercial, and IPC standards for high-volume production.

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