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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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As a PCB Designer (Starshield), you will join the team responsible for developing hardware supporting national security efforts through earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. You will be responsible for creating layouts for in-house board designs, including radio phased arrays and solar power converters. Your daily work involves determining layer stackups, performing component package selection, conducting routing feasibility studies, and managing signal routing for digital, analog, RF, and power conversion systems. You will also manage ECAD libraries, create fabrication documentation, and collaborate with vendors to improve design rules for manufacturing and testing. To succeed, you must utilize PCB design tools like Mentor Xpedition or Altium Designer while navigating complex requirements such as high-speed buses, FPGA designs, and impedance-controlled traces. The role requires expertise in MIL-STD, commercial, and IPC standards to solve critical hardware challenges.