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Hardware Development Engineer- Microelectronics

SpaceX· Starlink Satellite PCB Production Engineering
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Redmond, WA$105k - $122.5kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Hardware Development Engineer focusing on PCBA/microelectronics manufacturing for SpaceX Starlink hardware, responsible for NPI, process automation, yield and quality improvements, and transfer to production.

Responsibilities

  • Process engineering position responsible for PCBA/microelectronics manufacturing for Starlink hardware
  • Manage new product introduction of PCBA/microelectronics assemblies, qualifying new equipment, designing line layout, designing tooling, working closely with design engineers, and driving design for manufacturing (DFM) feedback
  • Implement, simplify, and automate high reliability manufacturing processes such that the production teams can operate independently of engineering
  • Identify trends and opportunities for optimizing product output, quality enhancements, and cost of manufacturability
  • Drive processes for volume production of PCBA/microelectronics including manufacturing execution, nonconforming product management, configuration management, traceability tracking, yield improvement, and process control
  • Manage work instructions, process documentation, and process training

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in science and engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of professional experience in at least one of the following areas: manufacturing process engineering, surface mount technology (SMT), accelerated testing, design for reliability, or PCB design and layout, research and development (R&D)

Skills

Required:PCBA/microelectronics manufacturingManufacturing process engineeringCommunicationAutonomy and teamwork
Nice to have:Statistical Process Control (SPC)Design of Experiments (DOE)SQLPythonNX or CAD software

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick time
  • Company shuttles for commute from select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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