New Graduate Engineer, Electrical (Starshield)

SpaceX•Hawthorne, CA

2d•$115,000 - $140,000

About The Position

SpaceX is hiring a New Graduate Electrical Engineer for Starshield to design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics used to communicate with satellites. The engineer will own hardware across its life cycle, including detailed design, hardware bring-up, characterization, testing, and requirements generation and verification. The role requires system-level thinking, close collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, and rigorous exploration of solutions to new or previously unsolved problems on rapid development timelines.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
Graduating with a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products.
2+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production, with emphasis on full life-cycle development of new hardware products rather than 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), I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, and power supply components.
2+ years of experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics.
2+ years of experience with fast-paced projects.
Strong understanding of computers and programming languages such as Python and C/C++.
Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with satellites.
Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging.
Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams.

Benefits

Potential eligibility for long-term incentives, including 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.
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Various other discounts and perks.
May accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation.
Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy.