Sr. Digital Electronics Engineer (Starship Avionics)

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. DIGITAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEER (STARSHIP AVIONICS)

The Starship electrical hardware development team supports the mission to revolutionize orbital flight and space travel- opening access for humankind to establish new frontiers in space and ultimately become a multi-planetary species. Our team builds some of the most advanced electronics ever flown in space- at a cost and rate previously considered unthinkable in the space industry. Become a part of this fast moving and world class hardware development team, work with super smart and motivated engineers, and achieve truly audacious goals. If you’re ready for a challenge and would like to help make our civilization multi-planetary then you’ve come to the right place!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Rapidly develop high reliability spacecraft electronics and systems for Starship vehicles, with expertise in high speed digital 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 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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

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

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 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 digital and mixed signal circuit schematic capture and board design
• High level of proficiency with microcontrollers and processors, FPGAs, high speed memory, advanced digital interface buses, multiple networking architectures, and point of load converters
• High level of proficiency with digital system simulation, analysis, and design of high-speed digital circuits
• 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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be willing to travel < 25%
• Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:    
    
Pay range:    
Digital Electronics Engineer/Senior: $130,000.00 - $180,000.00/per year