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Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)

The Starship team is developing the technologies to revolutionise orbital flight and enable human life on Mars. You will build some of the most advanced electronics ever flown in space, at a cost and rate previously considered unthinkable in the space industry.

What you will do

• 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 across teams to drive changes that make systems more efficient, manufacturable and reliable

Requirements

• 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 experience

• Passion for spaceflight and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications
• 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 optimisation
• Experience with high performance digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips or network switches
• Experience with circuit board design-for-manufacturing or productisation of electronics
• Experience automating hardware development functions
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and autonomously driven environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Compensation

Level I: $105,000 to $140,000 per year
Level II: $120,000 to $170,000 per year

Actual level and base salary determined on a case-by-case basis based on job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience.

SpaceX offers long-term incentives in the form of company stock, stock options or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, comprehensive medical/vision/dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year.

Additional notes

• Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones
• To comply with U.S. export regulations (ITAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorisation from the U.S. Department of State