Principal Electrical Design Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink)

SpaceX
Texas
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Problem-solving","Documentation","Analysis","Ownership"]

Own the end-to-end electrical system development for millions of Starlink customer-facing products, including user terminals/dishes and Wi‑Fi routers, and potentially next-generation gateways. Design, implement, and verify highly reliable electronics for satellite communication, drive system tradeoffs and full life-cycle hardware execution (schematics, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test), and collaborate cross-functionally across silicon, software, mechanical, and production teams. Build analysis tools to improve designs using lab and on-orbit data.

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Principal Electrical Design Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end electrical system development for millions of Starlink customer-facing products, including user terminals/dishes and Wi‑Fi routers, and potentially next-generation gateways. Design, implement, and verify highly reliable electronics for satellite communication, drive system tradeoffs and full life-cycle hardware execution (schematics, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test), and collaborate cross-functionally across silicon, software, mechanical, and production teams. Build analysis tools to improve designs using lab and on-orbit data.
Location: Texas
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for satellite communication.
  • •Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams to deliver integrated hardware.
  • •Drive electrical system design work across requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test.
  • •Support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight in a hands-on capacity.
  • •Build physical and digital tools to analyze data from orbit and the lab, driving continual design improvements.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
  • •8+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware.
  • •10+ years designing hardware from concept through production with emphasis on full life cycle development (not small incremental updates).
  • •10+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DDR4, I2C, SPI, op-amps, ADC/DAC, and power supply components.
  • •Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++), with the ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.
Experience:8+ yearsHardwareSatelliteConsumer electronicsMixed-signalElectronics testing
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical engineering or computer engineering
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationProblem-solvingDocumentationAnalysisOwnership
Tech Stack:PythonCC++FPGAsEthernetSerDesDDR4I2CSPIOperational amplifiersAnalog to digital convertersDigital to analog convertersProcessorsPCB layoutSchematic capturePrototypingHardware bring-upDebuggingManufacturing test

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

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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