Lead Electronics Engineer, Gateways; Starlink

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Lead Electronics Engineer, Gateways (Starlink) – Bastrop, TX

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X is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. Starlink provides fast, reliable internet by designing, building, launching, and operating the world’s largest satellite constellation and regional gateway hardware. Our in-house approach enables a tight feedback loop, nimble decision-making, and speedy deliverables. Starlink already serves millions of daily users worldwide.

As the Lead Electronics Engineer on the Starlink team, you will own the design, performance, and reliability of next-generation gateways. You will ensure that ground station antenna hardware can withstand harsh environments while maintaining reliable communication with millions of users globally. This high-visibility role covers the full life cycle of hardware at the intersection of electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, and antenna/RF engineering.

• Lead a team of 3-5 engineers to rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for Gateway systems
• Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging
• Optimize existing designs to improve reliability and reduce production and field defects
• Implement automated design validation test assets to speed up development cycles
• Develop and train direct reports to enable product ownership and empowered decision making
• Partner with antenna, software, mechanical, networking, thermal, manufacturing and production test teams

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or physics
• 3+ years of professional experience with hardware design/development or electronics test engineering

• 6+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly-reliable products
• 6+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life cycle development
• 6+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4), I2C, SPI, op-amps, ADCs/DACs, and power supply components
• 6+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics
• Strong understanding of computer networking and interfaces (10/100/400/800G) and optical networking architectures
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++)
• Experience with desktop/server Linux and embedded operating systems
• Ability to work in a highly cross-functional role and communicate effectively

• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines
• Ability to travel to Hawthorne, CA and Redmond, WA up to 20%
• Compliance with U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR) and eligibility requirements

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X is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.