Sr. Electrical Engineer (Crew Starship Avionics)

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

181d • $130,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Become a part of the Crew Starship Avionics team and support the mission to revolutionize orbital flight and space travel - opening access for humankind to establish new frontiers in space, and ultimately make humans a multi-planetary species. The Crew Starship Avionics team has taken the challenge to develop avionics for the SpaceX Human Landing System, which will soon carry astronauts to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program, and ultimately to Mars. Across all systems, from communications, to power, to life support, to navigation, and even creature comforts, our team's hardware will safely support astronauts on their Lunar and Mars missions, while humanity looks on. This will be one of the most sophisticated and largest crewed vehicles flown in space, and will be developed at a cost and rate previously considered unthinkable in the space industry. Become a part of this fast moving and world class development team, working with super smart and motivated engineers, and achieve truly audacious goals. If you’re ready for a challenge then you’ve come to the right place. Come join our team and help take humanity back to the moon!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
• 5+ years of professional experience designing electronics

Nice To Haves

• Passion for spaceflight and demonstrated experience designing high quality electronics for high reliability applications
• Experience developing new hardware, not just incremental updates
• Experience working through system trades, pushing back on requirements, and following through with verification and validation
• Self-starter with demonstrated experience on multiple projects making hardware work within demanding time and resource constraints
• High level of proficiency with designing signal conditioning circuits, digital circuits, and switching power converters, as demonstrated by successful fielding of multiple products
• Proficiency with schematic capture and board layout, producing clean and maintainable designs, preferably in Altium or Circuit Maker
• High level of proficiency with circuit simulation tools and formal analysis methods, such as derating and worst-case circuit analysis
• High level of proficiency with lab equipment for development testing of circuits and components, including sophisticated test definition, troubleshooting, data collection, and data reduction techniques
• Proficient at board level rework in support of development testing
• Solid working knowledge of EMI/EMC underlying physics and specifications, along with best practices for design, and strategies for addressing test exceedances
• Experience producing high rate designs which are optimized for manufacturability and cost
• Proficiency writing software for test automation, data review, and design analysis, preferably in MATLAB or Python
• Cross functional project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines, as demonstrated on multiple programs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high reliability spacecraft electronics and systems for Crew Starship vehicles, with expertise in electronics design
• Act as responsible engineer for flight hardware, from conception through build, qualification, and ultimately flight operations
• Provide technical leadership across the organization, manage related risk and change across the program, drive new technology introduction, and provide mentoring for less senior engineers
• Drive system and electrical architecture trades, product requirements, component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, design documentation, manufacturing planning, and production test for electrical designs
• Define validation approach and create development and qualification testing campaigns to exercise designs to their limits and ensure reliable flight hardware
• Act as liaison with NASA counterparts to provide technical insight, and lead creation of deliverables for Crew Starship milestones
• Act as primary point of contact with experts from other teams and departments to ensure that fielded systems perform their intended function while being efficient, manufacturable, and reliable; challenge assumptions and build strong professional relationships

Benefits

• Pay Range: Electrical Engineer/Senior: $130,000 - $200,000.00/per year
• Access to 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
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees