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Sr. High-Speed Electro-Optical IC Engineer (RFIC Engineering)

SpaceX· RFIC Engineering
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Hybrid (Redmond, WA)$165k - $270kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior electrical-optical silicon photonics IC engineer to design, simulate, verify, and integrate high-speed electro-optical IC/photonic components for SpaceX Starlink, including silicon photonics and RF/mixed-signal circuits, with collaboration across systems, firmware, DSP, and ASIC teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design, simulate and model electro-optical building blocks for a silicon photonics solution
  • Design, simulate and model RF/analog/mixed signal circuits and systems
  • Derive specifications for the Photonics IC/Electrical IC subsystems and circuits
  • Develop Analog/Mixed-Signal/RF/Microwave circuits in SiGe or CMOS processes
  • Work with system architects, DSP and electro-optics, and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains
  • Perform IC floor planning and layout
  • Model package and external parasitic components
  • Evaluate, characterize and measure electrical and optical building blocks of a high-speed optical link solution
  • Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements
  • Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the EIC/PIC components and systems

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science
  • 5+ years of photonics or electro-optical integrated circuit design

Skills

Required:Silicon photonics and EOC/photonic IC designRF/Analog/Mixed-Signal circuit designCMOS/SiGe process knowledge
Nice to have:High-speed SerDes, 100+ GbpsSimulation tools

Benefits

  • 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
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee stock/long-term incentives, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Company shuttles for commute from select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office (Mon-Fri)
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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