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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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PCB Designer (Starlink)
As a PCB Designer on the Starlink team, you will create layouts for in-house board designs, ranging from radio phased arrays to solar power converters. You will partner with Hardware Development Engineers to review schematics and iterate designs to find optimal solutions. Your daily responsibilities include determining layer stackups, performing component package selection, conducting routing feasibility studies, and managing signal routing for digital, analog, RF, and power conversion boards. You will also manage library creation, produce fabrication documentation, and collaborate with vendors to improve design rules for manufacturing and testing. Required skills include experience with Mentor Xpedition or Altium Designer, ECAD library management, and high-speed bus layouts involving FPGA, DRAM, and CPU designs. You must navigate complex technical requirements including MIL-STD, commercial, and IPC standards while ensuring impedance-controlled traces and power trace integrity for satellite systems.