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Sr. Electrical Embedded Hardware Engineer (Swarm) at SpaceX

Mountain View, CA, United States

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. ELECTRICAL EMBEDDED HARDWARE ENGINEER (SWARM)

As a Sr. Electrical Embedded Hardware Engineer, you will prototype, design, build, and be actively involved in testing customer satellite and satellite components. You will own the entire lifecycle of design, working with other team members to take input, encompass changes, and cull requirements to create new devices that meet an exacting level of precision.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and rapidly design, develop and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites

• Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring up and debugging

• Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams and production test teams

• Mentor junior team members

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering

• 5+ years professional experience designing electronic products

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of experience as an electrical engineer

• Worked at a startup or with small, fast-paced teams on hardware development

• Proficient with industry standard PCB layout tools (e.g. Altium, etc.) for layout and BOM creation

• Experience working with PCB board houses during PCB manufacturing, and designing for at-scale manufacturing

• Experience designing embedded systems, DC-DC convertors, power supplies, and RF filters

• Prior experience designing RF communications products preferred

• Prior experience designing hardware systems for battery powered operations preferred

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends if needed

• Must be able to travel (up to 10%) to other SpaceX locations

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here (https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987) .

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX's Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.

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• Location:
  Mountain View, California
• Company:
  SpaceX