Avionics Test Engineer (Starship)

We are looking for people who excel at solving complex problems, maintain a high sense of urgency in their work, and contribute as a team player to build new capabilities and innovate in our testing approach.

- Design, develop, and maintain custom test solutions for flight hardware consisting of in-house developed electronics, optics, RF antennas and modulators, and electro-mechanical 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, and production documentation systems

- Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive innovation in design and infrastructure to increase product reliability and yield

- Root-cause test anomalies and failures during various states of testing and development to ensure they are understood and implement mitigations

- Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or an engineering discipline with an emphasis in electrical engineering and electronics

- 1+ years of experience with electronic hardware development or software development (academic projects, internships, and traditional professional experience all qualify)

- 1+ years of programming experience using Python, MATLAB, or Embedded C/C++

- Experience analyzing circuits and developing functional test plans

- Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, DAQs and measurement techniques to verify and validate product electronic requirements

- Experience with RF test equipment including spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, and signal generators

- Understanding of electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage

- Understanding of metrology, sources of measurement error, and uncertainty analysis

- Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as HALT, HASS, vibration, shock, thermal, TVAC, and EMI/EMC

- Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones

Pay range: Avionics Test Engineer/Level I: $105,000.00 - $120,000.00/per year Avionics Test Engineer/Level II: $115,000.00 - $145,000.00/per year

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.

You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.

Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.