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Electrical Design Engineer (Falcon & Dragon Avionics)

SpaceX· Falcon and Dragon Avionics & Software Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$105k - $170kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Electrical Engineer responsible for hardware development across the product life cycle, focusing on electronic design, reliability, and manufacturing for Falcon & Dragon avionics hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Design new hardware, redesign existing hardware, and perform modifications to PCBAs to improve their reliability and manufacturability or expand vehicle capabilities
  • Provide extreme ownership of avionics hardware for flight across all areas of the product life cycle
  • Drive changes to electrical schematics and mechanical drawings that improve reliability and manufacturability
  • Perform root cause investigations to characterize off-nominal unit behavior and mitigate risk
  • Derive engineering justification to resolve production issues throughout assembly, test, and vehicle integration
  • Design test setups and execute hardware validation through benchtop and environmental testing

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
  • 1+ years of experience in electronics hardware design (academic projects, internships, and professional experience all qualify)
  • 1+ years of experience with electrical test equipment (e.g., multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes) to verify hardware functionality

Skills

Required:Analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit designSchematic capture and PCB layout
Nice to have:Electrical simulationDFX, root cause, derating analysesDigital communications interfacesCircuit blocks (filters, power supplies, microcontrollers)Project management and multi-tasking

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • employee stock purchase plan and potential long-term incentives (stock options or cash awards)
  • paid vacation and holidays
  • various other discounts and perks
  • accrual of paid sick leave per company policy
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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