SpaceX The Avionics Test Engineer at SpaceX designs and develops test systems for electronic hardware on satellites. This role involves creating test solutions from scratch and ensuring the safety and reliability of spacecraft electronic hardware.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain custom test solutions for flight hardware consisting of in-house developed electronics, optics, RF antennas and modulators, and electro-mechanical hardware
Select commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test
Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems
Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive innovation in design and infrastructure to increase product reliability and yield
Root-cause test anomalies and failures during various states of testing and development to ensure they are understood and implement mitigations
Qualification
Understanding of metrology
Required
Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or an engineering discipline with an emphasis in electrical engineering and electronics
1+ years of experience with electronic hardware development or software development (academic projects, internships, and traditional professional experience all qualify)
1+ years of programming experience using Python, MATLAB, or Embedded C/C++
Preferred
Experience analyzing circuits and developing functional test plans
Experience developing object-oriented software
Experience designing and troubleshooting PCBAs
Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, DAQs and measurement techniques to verify and validate product electronic requirements
Experience with RF test equipment including spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, and signal generators
Understanding of electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage
Understanding of metrology, sources of measurement error, and uncertainty analysis
Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as HALT, HASS, vibration, shock, thermal, TVAC, and EMI/EMC
