Sr. PCB Designer (Starship)

The role

You will create the layout for in-house board designs. You will partner with Hardware Development Engineers to develop schematics and iterate designs for radio phased arrays, power converters, and more.

What you will do

• Determine layer stack-up, component package selection, placement, routing feasibility, and signal routing
• Perform multilayer PCB layout including high-speed routing and controlled impedance
• Conduct pre- and post-layout SI/PI simulations
• Perform DRC/ERC checks, peer reviews, and design audits
• Produce fabrication deliverables including Gerber, ODB++, and IPC-2581
• Analyze designs for manufacturability and incorporate production feedback
• Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to improve design rules
• Customize and verify symbols, footprints, and 3D models
• Work with mechanical, thermal, RF, and test engineers on stack-up and integration
• Assist librarians in maintaining PCB component libraries

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience with PCB layout
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, o

Nice to have

• 5+ years of experience with PCB layout and routing in modern passive and active electronics components, surface-mount, RF components, ball-grid array and similar fine pitch, or high pin density compon
• 2+ years of experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
• Demonstrated understanding of design for manufacturability, assembly, and test
• Experience with Mentor Xpedition and/or Altium Designer (Mentor Xpedition preferred)
• Experience with layout of mixed analog and digital designs, high speed buses, FPGA, DRAM and CPU designs, power supplies, DC-DC converters, transmission lines, impedance-controlled traces and power tr
• Proficiency in generating fabrication outputs, DFM/DFA analysis, constraint-driven design, and collaboration with libraries
• Ability to visualize component placement and interconnectivity
• Proficiency in Python, Altium/Mentor Xpedition scripting, or similar
• Demonstrated cross functional project management skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere

Benefits

• Company stock
• Stock options
• Long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, o

About the company

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. The company is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.