Manager, Gateway Electronics Engineering (Starlink)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Python","C/C++","FPGA","Ethernet","DDR4","I2C","SPI","Linux","PCB","EMC/EMI"]

Lead the design, performance, and reliability of next-generation gateway electronics for Starlink. Manage a multidisciplinary team across electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering to deliver high-reliability gateway hardware from concept through production, driving architecture, validation, and collaboration with key partners while ensuring safety and timely delivery.

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SpaceX
3 months ago

Manager, Gateway Electronics Engineering (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Lead the design, performance, and reliability of next-generation gateway electronics for Starlink. Manage a multidisciplinary team across electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering to deliver high-reliability gateway hardware from concept through production, driving architecture, validation, and collaboration with key partners while ensuring safety and timely delivery.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage a team of 5-10 engineers to rapidly design, develop, and validate highly reliable electronics for our gateway systems.
  • •Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging.
  • •Define and manage all key project milestones and deliverables.
  • •Maintain alignment with key partners such as antenna, software, mechanical, networking, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams to drive overall business success.
  • •Recruit, develop, and promote a team of exceptional engineers and/or specialists responsible for designing, analyzing, building, and testing existing and new Starlink gateways.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering/STEM discipline
  • •7+ years of professional experience with hardware design/development or electronics test engineering
  • •3+ years of management experience
  • •Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++)
  • •Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to all levels of the organization and manage multiple concurrent programs
Experience:7+ yearsSpaceHardwareTelecommunicationsSatellites
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:PythonC/C++FPGAEthernetDDR4I2CSPILinuxPCBEMC/EMI
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonC/C++FPGAEthernetDDR4I2CSPILinuxPCBEMC/EMI

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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