Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Gateways & Customer Hardware (Starlink)
Core
Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with satellites, including Starlink dishes, user terminals, and regional gateways.
Role type
Senior IC electrical design engineer (consumer hardware & gateways)
Builds
Starlink user terminals, Wi-Fi routers, and advanced regional gateways
Domain
Satellite communications, consumer electronics, space hardware
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
circuit design, electronic product design, mixed-signal circuit board design, hardware debugging, component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, testing, troubleshooting, Python, C/C++
Preferred skills
full life cycle development of new hardware products, mixed-signal circuit board design with processors/FPGAs/Serdes/DDR4/I2C/SPI/ADC/DAC/power supplies, rapid design and delivery of highly reliable products
Technologies
FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz Serdes, DDR4, I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters, power supply components
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for satellite communication; Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test; Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams; Get hands-on and support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight; Drive continual improvements to designs by building physical and digital tools to analyze data collected on orbit and in the lab
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC