PCB Designer (Starlink)

SpaceX•Redmond, WA

1d•$105,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a PCB Designer at SpaceX, you’ll be responsible for creating the layout for all our in-house board designs. You’re not just connecting the dots. Here you’ll partner closely with Hardware Development Engineers as they develop their schematics, providing your expertise and recommendations at each design review, and iterating your designs to come up with the best possible solutions. You’ll contribute to a variety of design mixes from radio phased arrays to solar power converters and more.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 1+ years of professional experience with PCB layout OR 3+ years of professional experience with PCB layout in lieu of a degree (internships and club/project work applies)

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience with PCB layout and routing in one or all of the following areas: modern passive and active electronics components, surface-mount, RF components, ball-grid array and similar fine pitch, or high pin density components
1+ years of experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
Demonstrated understanding of design for manufacturability, assembly, and test
Experience with Mentor Xpedition and/or Altium Designer (Mentor Xpedition preferred)
Experience with layout of mixed analog and digital designs, high speed buses, FPGA, DRAM and CPU designs, power supplies, DC-DC converters, transmission lines, impedance-controlled traces and power traces
Experience with MIL-STD, commercial and IPC standards and design
Experience monitoring industry-wide parts
Ability to visualize component placement and interconnectivity
Experience with scripting and automation
Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with others

Responsibilities

Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)
Library creation and maintenance
Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules, constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines
Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use tools

Benefits

Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
Potential discretionary bonuses
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
401(k) retirement plan
Short and long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
Various other discounts and perks
3 weeks of paid vacation
10 or more paid holidays per year
Paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law (for employees in Washington State)
Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office