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Electrical Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)

SpaceX· Mesh Optical
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Electrical Test Engineer role at SpaceX for the Starmind AI satellite constellation, focusing on automated hardware test solutions, flight-like testing, and integration with test labs to ensure reliability and yield of space-grade electronics.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop automated test solutions for complex, space grade hardware
  • Select commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test
  • Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, field data, and production documentation systems
  • Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive design or infrastructure improvements to increase product reliability and yield
  • Challenge assumptions and work to find simple solutions to complex problems

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience with hardware development or electronics test engineering

Skills

Required:Python programming
Nice to have:Analog control and discrete logic designCircuit analysis and functional test planningPCB design and troubleshootingTest equipment and measurement techniquesSchematic reading and electronics manufacturing understandingMetrology and uncertainty analysisObject-oriented software developmentElectronics reliability and failure mechanismsEnvironmental testing (HALT/HASS, thermal, vibration, TVAC)Programming languages (Python, C/C++)Cross-functional collaboration
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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