PCB Designer (Starlink)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Collaboration"]

Design and lay out high-density PCB boards for SpaceX Starlink hardware, collaborating with HW development engineers to optimize schematics into manufacturable, testable boards. You’ll handle layer stackups, libraries, and documentation while working on RF, analog/digital, and power conversion PCBs for a world-scale satellite internet system.

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SpaceX
3 months ago

PCB Designer (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Design and lay out high-density PCB boards for SpaceX Starlink hardware, collaborating with HW development engineers to optimize schematics into manufacturable, testable boards. You’ll handle layer stackups, libraries, and documentation while working on RF, analog/digital, and power conversion PCBs for a world-scale satellite internet system.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Determine layer stackup, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)
  • •Library creation and maintenance
  • •Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
  • •Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules, constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines
  • •Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use tools

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 1+ years of professional experience with PCB layout OR 3+ years of professional experience with PCB layout in lieu of a degree (internships and club/project work applies)
  • •2+ years of experience with PCB layout and routing in areas such as passive/active components, RF components, fine-pitch BGAs or high pin density components
  • •1+ years of experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
  • •Demonstrated understanding of design for manufacturability, assembly, and test
  • •Experience with Mentor Xpedition and/or Altium Designer (Mentor Xpedition preferred)
Experience:StarlinkPCBHardwareSatelliteTelecommunications
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Mentor XpeditionAltium DesignerRFFPGADRAMCPUDC-DC convertersTransmission linesImpedance-controlled traces

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Visa:H1BGreen Card
Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
Security Clearance:ITAR

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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