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Sr. Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Reliability - Bastrop
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior electrical engineer focused on hardware reliability for Starlink, responsible for electrical failure analysis, PCBA reliability, and production process quality. Hands-on role addressing systemic production issues, root-causes, and process improvements across design, manufacturing, and test.

Responsibilities

  • Own qualification and test of new electrical designs and SMT manufacturing lines for high volume production
  • Perform hands-on debugging to drive to root cause and corrective action of failed phased-array antenna, Wi-Fi router, and power supply PCBAs
  • Utilize advanced diagnostic tools such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, x-ray machines, logic analyzers, and custom firmware scripts to root cause electronics
  • Develop tools and identify equipment to enhance the team’s capabilities in swiftly root causing electronics
  • Drive root cause of PCBA production yield issues and prevent factory escapes of defective hardware
  • Document failure modes and use data to continually improve reliability
  • Partner with design, software, test, and manufacturing engineering teams to improve yield, processes, test coverage, quality, and reliability

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of experience working with digital or mixed-signal designs, using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and/or soldering equipment

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s or higher in engineeringDigital/mixed-signal design experience

Benefits

  • SpaceX benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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