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Hardware Development Engineer for Starlink's PCBA/microelectronics manufacturing: leads new product introduction, designs production lines and tooling, automates processes, drives yield improvement, and manages documentation for high-volume satellite hardware production. Requires 1+ years in SMT, PCB design, or manufacturing engineering; prefers SQL/Python, CAD, and IPC/JEDEC knowledge.
Hardware Development Engineer for Starlink PCBA manufacturing at SpaceX, owning and improving in-house PCBA production processes, driving volume manufacturing, managing NPI, equipment validation, and root-cause analysis using SMT, IPC standards, and statistical tools. Requires engineering degree and 1+ years in manufacturing engineering, SMT, or PCB design; ITAR-restricted to US persons.
Hardware Development Engineer owning PCBA manufacturing processes for Starlink satellite internet system, managing production, quality, and new product introduction using SMT, IPC standards, and data analysis.
Designs, analyzes, and tests DC-DC power converters for Starlink satellites, working on power system architecture, verification, and cross-functional hardware development for harsh space environments.
Electrical design engineer for Starlink satellites, owning full hardware lifecycle from concept to flight: schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, test, and on-orbit performance for avionics or payload subsystems (high-speed digital, RF, power electronics). Uses Python/C++, mixed-signal design with FPGAs, SerDes, DDR4.
Hardware Engineer at SpaceX Starlink designing, developing, and testing electronics for satellite communication gateways and customer terminals (dishes, routers). Owns full lifecycle from concept through production, working cross-functionally with software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams using mixed-signal design, FPGAs, high-speed SerDes, and Python/C++.
Hardware Reliability Engineer ensuring avionics and electromechanical assembly reliability from design through production and flight, using data analysis, Lean quality tools, and root cause investigation to improve manufacturability and reduce risk.
Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield (SpaceX's government-focused satellite program) ensuring reliability of electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical components through physics-of-failure modeling, accelerated testing, failure analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. Core technologies: Python, SQL, C/C++, reliability statistics,
Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield satellites, performing failure analysis on PCBAs, root cause investigation, environmental testing, and cross-functional collaboration to improve hardware reliability. Core technologies: digital/mixed-signal/RF electronics, Python/C/C++ test automation, HALT/HASS/TVAC testing, and quality tools (Six Sigma, SPC).
Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starlink satellite internet hardware, performing hands-on failure analysis, root cause investigation, and process improvements to enhance production quality and on-orbit reliability. Uses statistical process control, scripting (SQL, Python, C++), and quality tools like PFMEA.
Hardware Reliability Engineer for SpaceX's Starshield program, performing failure analysis on satellite hardware, root cause investigation, environmental testing, and cross-functional collaboration to improve PCBA reliability. Requires electrical engineering background, hardware debugging, and test automation skills.
Manages production quality and reliability for Starlink user terminal manufacturing, driving root cause analysis, yield improvement, and process controls across high-volume hardware lines using IPC standards, automated test equipment, and data analysis tools.
Hardware Reliability Specialist for Starlink Aviation performs electrical debugging and root cause analysis on PCBA failures, analyzes production and field data to improve hardware reliability for in-flight satellite internet systems. Uses oscilloscopes, schematics, Python, SQL, Linux, and PFMEA.
Works in SpaceX's Starlink Reliability Test Lab executing microelectronics reliability tests and supporting failure analysis on silicon and packaged components. Day-to-day duties include operating test equipment such as thermal chambers, HAST, and temperature cycling systems, plus soldering, PCBA rework, sample preparation, cross-sectioning, and documenting results while collaborating with enginee
Ensures reliability and quality of Starlink user terminals and gateways through manufacturing, test, and installation; performs root cause analysis, PCB solder rework, and X-ray inspections on returned hardware.
Hardware Test Specialist for Starlink satellite and gateway hardware, performing failure analysis, root cause investigation, and environmental testing (thermal, vibration, TVAC) using schematics, oscilloscopes, and Python/Linux tools. Collaborates cross-functionally to improve reliability and manufacturing processes; requires ITAR eligibility and shift flexibility.
Hands-on kiln technician role operating and maintaining high-temperature kilns to produce heat shield tiles for SpaceX's Starship program. Day-to-day involves monitoring kiln parameters, performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting basic issues, and ensuring safe, consistent production in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Laser Tracker Toolmaker for Starship launch hardware at SpaceX, using laser trackers (Leica) and Verisurf to collect geometric data, interpret GD&T blueprints, establish reference systems, analyze fabrication data, and integrate metrology with welding/machining processes on large structures at Cape Canaveral launch facilities.
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