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PCB Designer (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield Satellite Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$105k - $170kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

PCB Designer at SpaceX Starshield, responsible for creating board layouts for in-house Starshield designs, collaborating with Hardware Development Engineers, and iterating designs across a range of applications from RF to power conversion.

Responsibilities

  • Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)
  • Library creation and maintenance
  • Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
  • Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules, constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines
  • Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team members to use tools

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; or 3+ years of professional experience with PCB layout in lieu of a degree
  • 1+ years of professional experience with PCB layout

Skills

Required:Layer stackup designComponent placement and routingCommunication
Nice to have:ECAD libraries and configuration managementDesign for manufacturability, assembly, and testMentor Xpedition and/or Altium DesignerMixed analog/digital layout, high-speed buses, FPGA, DRAM, CPU designsMIL-STD, IPC standardsScripting and automationSecurity clearance

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Potential 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
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave
  • ITAR compliance and ongoing training
  • Reasonable accommodation during application/interview process
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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