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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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Sr. Hardware Development Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink) joins the Starlink team to take full ownership of developing millions of customer-facing products and next-generation gateways. This role involves designing, testing, and debugging highly reliable electronics for satellite communication while ensuring ground station hardware can withstand harsh environmental conditions. The engineer will manage the entire lifecycle from initial concept through production, including requirements capture, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, and hardware bring-up. Collaboration with silicon, software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams is essential to deliver integrated systems. Key technical skills include experience with mixed-signal circuit boards featuring processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces, I2C, SPI, and power supply components. Proficiency in Python and C/C++ is required to build tools for analyzing data collected in the lab and on orbit.
Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for satellite communication.
Manage the full hardware lifecycle from initial concept and schematic capture to production and testing.
Perform PCB layout, component selection, and hardware bring-up for complex electrical designs.
Support hardware through manufacturing, satellite integration, and flight operations.
Develop physical and digital tools to analyze data from orbit and laboratory tests to improve designs.
Solve complex engineering problems by challenging assumptions and finding simple solutions.
Ensure gateway antenna hardware can withstand harsh environmental conditions while maintaining reliable communication.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or another engineering discipline.
5+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar field (preferred).
8+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products (preferred).
8+ years of experience designing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, and high-speed interfaces (preferred).
8+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics (preferred).
Strong understanding of computers and programming languages such as Python or C/C++ (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.
Electrical Engineering
PCB Layout
Schematic Capture
Python
C
C++
FPGA
Ethernet
SerDes
DDR4
I2C
SPI
Hardware Bring-up
Debugging
Digital to Analog Converters