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Thermal Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Product Engineering
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Thermal design, test, and validation for Starlink hardware, including phased array antennas, custom silicon packages, consumer WiFi, and RF systems; responsible for thermal analysis to improve performance across environments.

Responsibilities

  • Thermal system design of next-generation phased arrays, gateways, and consumer wireless products – own every component, part, and interface in the design
  • Thermal design of semiconductor packages, from high level concepts to detail thermal simulations and lab testing
  • Devise, build, and run tests to validate the expected performance of the hardware in extreme conditions
  • Automate workflow and pursue operational simplicity to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle
  • Utilize first-principles approach to evaluate sizing cases and impact of design decisions
  • Perform analysis to make recommendations for performance/robustness improvements
  • Produce quality documentation of your work for design requirements and specifications
  • Continuous collaboration with mechanical, electrical, software, and RF design teams

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience with mechanical design, electromechanical design, and/or analysis (internship or project team experience is applicable)

Skills

Required:Thermal analysisThermal designLaboratory testingFirst-principles analysisTechnical documentationCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity Employer; supportive of veterans and individuals with disabilities
  • Reasonable accommodation in application/interview process available on request
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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