Lead PCB Designer (Starshield)

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 ofenabling human life on Mars.

LEAD PCB DESIGNER (STARSHIELD)

Starshield leverages SpaceXs Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use Starshield is designed for government use with an initial focus on earth observation communications and hosted payloads.

This is an opportunity to build and lead a new PCB design team for addition to hiring top-notch PCB designers this role will require close collaboration with electrical and mechanical engineering teams as well as supply chain manufacturing and reliability teams to design boards that meet performance and reliability requirements. As the Starshield satellite and ground system designs evolve you will be expected to learn new technologies mentor other designers and constantly look for opportunities to improve our designs and reduce layout time.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and hire a team of high-performance printed circuit board (PCB) designers
• Establish priorities and projects with clear scope and objectives
• Develop growth plans for team members to develop their capabilities
• Review and guide new projects to maintain cost and performance objectives
• Drive the development of the electronic data management solutions
• Determine layer stackup; perform component package selection component placement routing feasibility studies and signal routing of digital analog RF and power conversion of PCBs
• Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
• Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines
• Standardize and maintain release of documentation for fabrication of PCBs
• Utilize PCB design tools; maintain and evaluate new tools and train team members to use tools

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
• 2 years of PCB design experience
• 1 years of experience leading teams and/or projects

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience designing boards for high volume production and executing on tight deadlines
• Deep understanding of DFM/DFA/DFT (design for manufacturing design for assembly design for test) rules and PCB fabrication process. Mastery of tools such as Valor Enterprise.
• 2 years of experience with PCB layout and routing in one or all of the following areas: modern passive and active electronics components surface-mount RF components ball-grid array and similar fine pitch or high pin density components
• Experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
• Experience with Mentor Xpedition and/or Altium Designer
• Experience with layout of mixed analog and digital designs high speed buses FPGA DRAM and CPU designs power supplies DC-DC converters transmission lines impedance-controlled traces and power traces
• Experience with MIL-STD commercial and IPC standards and design
• Experience with scripting and automation
• Professional experience leading a team while providing technical direction and strong mentoring skills
• Excellent communication skills for articulating complex concepts problems and solutions across all levels within the organization
• Active TS/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Able to work extended hours and weekends as needed to support critical path development and/or critical on-orbit operations
• An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:
Lead PCB Designer: $130000.00 - $180000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills education and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock stock options or long-term cash awards as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical vision and dental coverage access to a 401(k) retirement plan short and long-term disability insurance life insurance paid parental leave and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual carryover and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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.

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