SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. NEW GRADUATE ENGINEER, ELECTRICAL (STARSHIELD) Our SpaceX team is working on the toughest and most audacious projects on our planet: making humanity multiplanetary.

Requirements

generation/verification - ultimately seeing your hardware through all aspects of its life cycle. You will work with many cross-disciplinary teams and will need to think at a system level to ensure that your design is viable. Our development timelines are quick and you will need to rigorously explore solutions for previously unsolved or unknown problems.

Every day, we push the limits of what is possible through innovation, determination, and teamwork to drive the mission to success.

: An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.

RESPONSIBILITIES

: Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites. Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging. Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams, and production test teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

: Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering. Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027. PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 2+ years of experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products.

2+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life cycle development of new hardware products and not small incremental updates to legacy hardware. 2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4), I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and power supply components. 2+ years of experience testing, troubleshooting and debugging electronics.

2+ years of experience with fast-paced projects. Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++). Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.

Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

COMPENSATION

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BENEFITS

00/per year Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program. Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX.

You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Perks

. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation will be eligible for 10 o

New Graduate Engineer, Electrical (Starshield)