SpaceX PCB Designer at SpaceX responsible for creating layouts for in-house board designs including multilayer PCBs. Collaborates with hardware engineers and manufacturing teams to optimize designs for performance and manufacturability.
Perform multilayer PCB layout (2-20+ layers), including component placement, high-speed digital, analog, RF, and power routing
Perform DRC/ERC checks, peer reviews, and design audits; collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers to capture design requirements
Manage high-speed design constraints to ensure signal / power integrity, thermal performance, impedance control and EMI/EMC compliance
Create all documentation required for fabrication and assembly of PCB/PCBAs
Analyze designs for manufacturability; incorporate production feedback from fabrication houses and assembly partners to reduce costs and improve yield
Collaborate with internal manufacturing teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules, constraints and design for test and manufacturing guidelines
Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use tools
Qualification
Experience with MIL-STD
Required
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 is applicable)
Preferred
2+ years of experience with PCB layout and routing in one or all of the following areas: modern passive and active electronics components, surface-mount, RF components, ball-grid array and similar fine pitch, or high pin density components
1+ years of experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software (Xpedition, Allegro, Altium, KiCad)
Experience with layout of mixed analog and digital designs, high speed buses, FPGA, DRAM and CPU designs, power supplies, DC-DC converters, transmission lines, impedance-controlled traces and power traces
Demonstrated understanding of design for manufacturability, assembly, and test
Proficiency in generating fabrication outputs (Gerber, ODB++, IPC-2581, drill files), DFM/DFA analysis, constraint-driven design, and collaboration with libraries (symbols, footprints, 3D models)
Experience with MIL-STD, commercial and IPC standards and design
Proficiency in writing code and/or leveraging AI tools to automate CAD workflow. (Python, Altium/Xpedition scripting, Allegro SKILL)
