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Battery Test Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Satellite Integration and Test
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Redmond, WA$100k - $115kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Battery Test Engineer for Starlink at SpaceX, focused on design, fabrication, and implementation of test equipment and development tests for Starlink battery packs and cells across various conditions, with responsibility for test campaigns from concept to in-orbit readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Create test fixturing concepts, fabrication drawings, wiring schematics, and to establish mechanical, thermal, and electrical tests necessary for rapid development of battery packs and cells
  • Develop and maintain test facilities including abuse testing chambers and vacuum chambers
  • Establish safety protocols for high voltage applications and various destructive tests of battery cells
  • Design test fixtures and data acquisition systems
  • Document test plans, procedures, and results
  • Provide feedback on system level design trades
  • Design and analyze structures, fluid systems, and mechanisms
  • Operate test beds with great attention to detail
  • Develop test requirements with the flight engineering team, develop a design solution that meets or exceeds those requirements, and drive the campaign to closure

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
  • 1+ years of experience in one or more of the following: involvement with extracurricular project team designing and building mechanical fixturing and/or battery systems; academic research on mechanical structures and batteries; professional experience designing and analyzing mechanical structures and fixturing

Skills

Required:Battery test design and development
Nice to have:Test instrumentationCAD (Unigraphics NX or similar)Finite Element AnalysisProgramming (Python, SQL)Hands-on hardware testing

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • paid sick time in Washington state compliance
  • company shuttles for commute to Redmond office
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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