Electrical Test Engineer, AI Satellites
SpaceX
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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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The Sr. Electrical Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind) joins the team developing a new satellite constellation designed to capture solar energy for high-performance AI compute on Earth. This role focuses on creating reliable electrical hardware, including power electronics, high-speed digital systems, mixed-signal designs, robust avionics, networking, and custom compute electronics for orbital AI inference. You will design and develop automated test solutions for space-grade hardware, selecting commercial-off-the-shelf components or designing custom PCBAs to measure signals and apply flight-like loads. Daily tasks involve writing Python automation software to interact with test equipment and production systems. Required skills include experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and vector signal generators, alongside a grasp of analog control, discrete logic, C/C++, and environmental testing methods like HALT, HASS, thermal, and vibration.
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