Electrical Engineer, Sensors (Starship Avionics)

Hawthorne, CAfull time

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$105k–$123k

H1B: no

SpaceX Electrical Engineer for Starship Avionics to rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft. Responsible for system trades, component selection, prototyping, testing, and supporting hardware through production and flight.

Responsibilities

Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft
Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
Create development and qualification testing campaigns and exercise designs to their limits
Support hardware through production, integration, and flight
Work with experts from other teams and departments to drive changes that make the system more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable. Challenge assumptions and build strong professional relationships

Qualification

1+ years of experience designingExcitement for making systems smarterExperience with circuit board layoutExperience with high voltage devices

Required

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
1+ years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics (research, internships and extracurricular academic projects qualify)

Preferred

Passion for spaceflight and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications
Excitement for making systems smarter, better, faster, cheaper
Experience making products or systems work with minimal time and resources
Experience developing fundamentally new hardware, not just incrementally updating legacy hardware
Experience with circuit board layout, especially for switching power converters or high-speed digital applications
Experience designing switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, EMI/EMC compliance, or sensor signal conditioning circuits
Experience with high voltage devices, lithium ion batteries, or power distribution optimization
Experience with high performance digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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