Principal Electrical Design Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink)

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. PRINCIPAL ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER, GATEWAYS & CUSTOMER HARDWARE (STARLINK) Starlink believes in providing fast, reliable internet to serve populations with little or no connectivity. We design, build, launch, and operate the world's largest constellation of satellites, enabling us to operate a global internet network unbounded by traditional ground infrastructure limitations. Starlink also designs, builds, and delivers high-volume consumer hardware that allows users to connect to these satellites within minutes of unboxing, as well as our advanced gateways that we deploy regionally throughout the world. The root of SpaceX’s success so far lies in our mission to keep all engineering and production in-house, which enables a tight feedback loop, nimble decision-making, and speedy deliverables. With millions of daily users worldwide already online, Starlink is truly a game-changer and levels the playing field for those who were previously unconnected. As a Principal Electrical Design Engineer on the Starlink team, you will have complete ownership over the development of millions of customer-facing products and devices that we ship directly to end users (Starlink dishes/user terminals, Wi-Fi routers, etc.). Our customers currently include teachers in the most remote parts of the Amazon, researchers in Antarctica, digital nomads who travel via RV, emergency responders, commercial airlines, cruise lines, and residential users who live in more rural or developing areas. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and verification of the entire electrical system for these products. You could also be responsible for the design and performance of next-generation gateways - ultimately ensuring that our ground station antenna hardware can withstand the harshest environmental conditions while maintaining reliable communication with millions of users on a global scale. You will interact regularly with partner teams including silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering to steer this hardware from initial concept development to full-scale production. RESPONSIBILITIES: Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test of complex electrical designs Get hands-on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight Work closely with engineers from adjacent disciplines (mechanical, thermal, software, test engineering, supply chain, silicon design, etc.) to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware Drive continual improvements to our designs by building physical and digital tools to analyze data collected on orbit and in the lab Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering 8+ years of professional experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree 10+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products 10+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life cycle development of new hardware products and not small incremental updates to legacy hardware 10+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from conce