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, and routing feasibility.
• 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

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering OR 3+ years of professional experience with PCB layout in lieu of a degree.

Nice to have

• 2+ years of experience with PCB layout and routing in modern passive and active electronics, surface-mount, RF components, ball-grid array, or high pin density components
• 1+ 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
• Discretionary bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 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

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The Starship team builds advanced electronics to revolutionize orbital flight and space travel.