Electrical Hardware Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)

SpaceX • Bastrop, TX

4h • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is developing Starmind, a constellation of satellites that capture solar energy in space to power AI compute for Earth. The Electrical Hardware Engineer will own the full lifecycle of reliable, high-performance satellite electronics, working across areas including power conversion and distribution, high-speed digital communications, analog and mixed-signal design, networking, thermal management, signal integrity, and orbital computing. The work spans system design and schematic capture through PCB layout oversight, troubleshooting, silicon requirements, production, and testing. Engineers collaborate across electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, networking, and other disciplines to deliver integrated satellite hardware.

The position may be on either the Avionics or Payload sub-team. Avionics develops vehicle-control systems, power conversion and distribution, high-speed traffic routing, and inter-satellite laser communications. Payload develops custom AI compute electronics, including AI chips, network switching, and high-density storage conversion. Both teams own their hardware from concept through production and operation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics.
• At least 1 year of experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware; internships and co-ops count.
• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines.
• Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, qualifying refugee or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a similar engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products.
• At least 2 years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production, especially full lifecycle development of new hardware products.
• At least 2 years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DDR4 interfaces, I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, and power-supply components.
• At least 2 years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics.
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages such as Python and C/C++.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.
• At least 2 years of experience working on aerospace systems.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft.
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, testing, and on-orbit performance of complex electrical designs.
• Support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight.
• Determine PCB layer stackup, select component packages, assess component placement and routing feasibility, and route digital, analog, RF, and power-conversion signals.
• Create and maintain component libraries.
• Create and release PCB fabrication documentation.
• Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to improve design rules, constraints, and design-for-test and design-for-manufacture guidelines.
• Work with mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, silicon design, and other adjacent disciplines to deliver integrated hardware.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level