Spacex New Graduate Engineer, Electrical at SpaceX works on Starlink satellite hardware across electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, and RF domains. The role involves design, testing, and reliability of satellite and ground station electronics.
Responsibilities
Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft.
Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, test, and on-orbit performance of complex electrical designs.
Get hands-on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight.
Work closely with engineers from adjacent disciplines (mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, silicon design, etc.) to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware.
Challenge assumptions, question requirements, learn from your mistakes, and approach problems with an open mind.
Qualification
Graduating in the class of 2026 or 2027Experience testingADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Required
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or another STEM discipline.
1+ years of experience design/analysis of circuits, electronic products, or hardware (internships/co-ops and club projects can apply).
Graduating in the class of 2026 or 2027
Preferred
Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree.
Electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life-cycle development of new hardware products and not small incremental updates to legacy hardware.
Experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4), I2C, SPI, RF/mm, operational amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and power supply components.
Experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics.
Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++).
Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.
