Electrical Design Engineer, Satellites Payload (Starlink)
$115,000–$155,000 year
On-sitePalo Alto, California, United States
Job Summary
Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft, driving system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, test, and on-orbit performance. Get hands-on support through production, satellite integration, and flight while working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware. Challenge assumptions, question requirements, and approach problems with an open mind to ensure designs survive extreme temperature environments and mass manufacturing constraints.
Required Qualifications
- 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 teams can apply)
- Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines
- Some travel may occasionally be required
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree
- 2+ years of 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
- 2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4, LPDDR5, etc.), I2C, SPI, RFsignal chains, operational amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and power supply components
- 1+ years of professional 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
- Experience working on space grade hardware
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