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Electrical Design Engineer (Avionics)

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and offers opportunities to work across development, production, and launch. The Avionics Hardware Development team seeks an Electrical Design Engineer to design, validate, and sustain avionics hardware, drive reliability and manufacturability improvements, troubleshoot assemblies, and own hardware through the full product lifecycle.

Skills

  • Analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design
  • Schematic capture and PCB layout (KiCad, Altium, Eagle)
  • Electrical simulation (LTspice, SIMetrix, or similar)
  • Design for excellence (DFX), derating, and root cause analysis
  • Familiarity with digital comms: SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, RS422
  • Knowledge of filters, power supplies, and microcontroller-based circuits
  • Proficiency with electrical test equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, signal generator)

Responsibilities

  • Design, redesign, and modify PCBAs to improve reliability, manufacturability, and vehicle capabilities
  • Provide full ownership of avionics hardware through development, production, and launch
  • Drive changes to schematics and mechanical drawings to improve reliability and manufacturability
  • Perform root cause investigations and characterize off-nominal unit behavior
  • Derive engineering justification to resolve production issues during assembly, test, and integration
  • Design test setups and execute benchtop and environmental hardware validation

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (required)
  • Relevant academic projects, internships, or professional electronics design experience

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan and potential long-term incentives (stock/options)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Approximately 3 weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave per company policy and various employee discounts
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SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company aiming to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

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DATE POSTED
January 4, 2026
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