SpaceX
Sr. Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)
Bastrop, TX · Senior
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About the role
- We've only begun to scratch the surface of Starlink's potential global impact and are looking for best-in-class engineers to help maximize Starlink's utility for communities and businesses around the globe.
- Electrical Engineer on the Starlink team, you will be responsible for electrical hardware failure analysis, PCBA reliability, and quality of the PCBA production process.
Responsibilities
- Own qualification and test of new electrical designs and SMT manufacturing lines for high volume production
- Perform hands-on debugging to drive to root cause and corrective action of failed phased-array antenna, Wi-Fi router, and power supply PCBAs
- Develop tools and identify equipment to enhance the team's capabilities in swiftly root causing electronics
- Drive root cause of PCBA production yield issues and prevent factory escapes of defective hardware
- Document failure modes and use data to continually improve reliability
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience working with digital or mixed-signal designs, using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and/or soldering equipment
- Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed
- Experience with engineering projects in any one or more of the following areas: CPU/FPGA/ASIC circuit boards, linux, high-speed interfaces, memories, and/or low-power platforms
- Experience with Mentor Graphics Xpedition
Skills
- 1+ years experience in consumer electronics or similar industry
- Experience troubleshooting electronics hardware and/or RF communication systems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with programming and automation/scripting languages or ability to quickly learn them (i.e. Python, C++, SQL)
- Experience with PCBA manufacturing processes and assembly such as SMT reflow, wave solder, and selective solder
- Experience with PCBA environmental testing and reliability calculators
- Proficiency in understanding PCB schematics and layout tools
- Experience with Wi-Fi standards (802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11n)
- Starlink is the world's largest satellite constellation and is providing fast, reliable internet to 12M+ users worldwide.
Benefits
- Partner with design, software, test, and manufacturing engineering teams to improve yield, processes, test coverage, quality, and reliability
Company info
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen or national, (ii) U
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