PCB Designer (Starlink)

SpaceX•Redmond, WA

3d•$105,000 - $175,000

About The Position

SpaceX is developing Starlink, a broadband internet system comprising satellites, consumer receivers, and supporting software. The PCB Designer creates layouts for in-house board designs and partners with Hardware Development Engineers as they develop schematics, offering expertise and recommendations during design reviews and iterating toward effective solutions. Designs may include radio phased arrays, solar power converters, and other systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and at least 1 year of professional PCB layout experience, or at least 3 years of professional PCB layout experience in lieu of a degree; internships and club or project work apply.
Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of PCB layout and routing experience in one or more of these areas: modern passive and active electronic components, surface-mount components, RF components, ball-grid array and similar fine-pitch components, or high-pin-density components.
At least 1 year 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 is preferred.
Experience laying out 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 PCB layer stackups, select component packages, place components, assess routing feasibility, and route signals for digital, analog, RF, and power-conversion boards.
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.
Use PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use them.

Benefits

Potential eligibility for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
Potential discretionary bonuses.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount.
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.
Accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation.
Eligibility for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
Paid sick time for employees in Washington State, in compliance with state and federal law.
Company shuttles for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.