About the role
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 TEST ENGINEER, AI SATELLITES (STARMIND)
SpaceX is leveraging its experience deploying and operating the world’s largest satellite constellation to develop Starmind, a new constellation of satellites capturing solar energy in space to power low-cost, high-performance AI compute for Earth. Realizing this vision demands highly reliable, high performance electrical hardware ranging from power electronics, high speed digital systems, mixed signal designs, robust avionics, networking, and custom compute electronics. These systems must operate in the extreme environment of space while delivering the connectivity, control, power distribution, and processing needed for orbital AI inference.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Design and develop automated test solutions for complex, space grade hardware
Select commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test
Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, field data, and production documentation systems
Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive design or infrastructure improvements to increase product reliability and yield
Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
5+ years of experience with hardware development or electronics test engineering
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field
Strong grasp of analog control and discrete logic design
Experience analyzing circuits and developing functional test plans
Experience designing and troubleshooting PCBAs
Experience with test equipment and measurement techniques to verify and vali…
