New Graduate Engineer, Power Generation (Starship)

The role

Electrical engineers will design, build, operate, and maintain electrical systems for Starship. Work includes developing analog and digital circuits, developing avionics components, and maintaining microgrids at Starbase.

What you will do

• Design, build, operate, and maintain electrical systems
• Develop analog and digital circuits from first principles for extreme environments
• Design switching power converters, signal conditioning, filters, and high-integrity layouts
• Support hardware through production, integration, and flight
• Develop high-reliability avionics components
• Drive system trades, requirements, component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, analysis, testing, documentation, manufacturing support, and flight support
• Participate in conceptual development of automated equipment and processes for Starship production
• Troubleshoot issues hands-on and support technicians
• Design, build, operate, and maintain the various microgrids that comprise Starbase, TX
• Create and maintain sitewide power budgets, monitoring, and metering

Required qualifications

• Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in 2027
• Degree in an electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other engineering discipline
• 1+ years of electrical experience with power systems, automation & controls, or board and sensor design
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary

Nice to have

• Experience with power systems analysis tools (ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, PowerWorld, Matlab, PSCAD, etc.) and studies
• Familiarity with industrial power systems up to high voltages including switchgear, transformers, BESS, VFDs, motors, UPS, generation, relaying, and metering
• Experience with industrial communications (Modbus, DNP3, IEEE protocols, Ethernet, fieldbuses) and networking concepts
• PLC programming, HMI/SCADA development, robot systems (Kuka, ABB, Fanuc or similar), and safety systems
• Electrical schematic and panel design experience
• Hands-on building and commissioning of control panels and electromechanical systems
• Analog/digital circuit design, signal conditioning, power electronics, high-speed digital/layout for signal integrity, high-voltage systems, batteries, load switches, microcontrollers, FPGAs, networki

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 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.