Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)
Description For Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)
SpaceX is seeking an Electrical Engineer for the Starship Avionics team to support the mission of revolutionizing orbital flight and space travel. The role involves developing high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft, working on advanced systems, and contributing to the goal of making humanity multi-planetary.
The Starship team builds some of the most advanced electronics ever flown in space, at a cost and rate previously considered unthinkable in the space industry. As part of this fast-moving and world-class hardware development team, you'll work with super smart and motivated engineers to achieve truly audacious goals.
Responsibilities include:
- Rapidly developing high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft
- Driving system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
- Creating development and qualification testing campaigns
- Supporting hardware through production, integration, and flight
- Collaborating with experts from other teams to improve system efficiency, manufacturability, and reliability
The ideal candidate should have a passion for spaceflight, curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications, and excitement for making systems smarter, better, faster, and cheaper. Experience with circuit board layout, switching power converters, high-speed digital applications, and various other relevant technologies is preferred.
This role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of space technology development and contribute to SpaceX's mission of enabling human life on Mars. If you're ready for a challenge and want to help make our civilization multi-planetary, this could be the perfect role for you.
Responsibilities For Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)
- 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
Requirements For Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)
- 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)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and autonomously driven environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends to support critical project and mission milestones
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State due to ITAR requirements
Benefits For Electrical Engineer (Starship Avionics)
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short & long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- 5 days of sick leave per year for exempt employees
- Potential for long-term incentives (company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards)
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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