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 next-generation gateways.
Role type
Senior IC electrical design engineer (consumer hardware & ground stations)
Builds
Starlink user terminals, Wi-Fi routers, and regional gateway hardware
Domain
Satellite communications, consumer electronics, space infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
mixed-signal circuit board design, PCB layout, component selection, schematic capture, hardware debugging, Python, C/C++, FPGA, SerDes, DRAM interfaces, analog/digital converters, power supply design
Preferred skills
full life cycle hardware development, thermal analysis, system trade-offs, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
FPGAs, Ethernet, DDR4, I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters
Responsibilities
Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test of complex electrical designs; support hardware through production, satellite integration, and flight; build physical and digital tools to analyze data collected on orbit and in the lab
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC