SpaceX

Electrical Engineer, Gateway Ground Stations (Starlink)

Job Description

Posted on: 
2025-03-10

The Electrical Engineer for Gateway Ground Stations at SpaceX will work on designing, building, and deploying ground station antennas for the Starlink satellite constellation, aiming to enhance global connectivity.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose performance and reliability issues through telemetry, testing, and hands-on debugging.
  • Develop fixes, validate them in the field, and train field specialists on procedures.
  • Build software solutions to monitor gateway and site health and improve hardware autonomy.
  • Collaborate across teams to eliminate failure modes through hardware, software, and operations changes.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or similar STEM discipline.
  • 1+ year of experience in hardware-focused controls, electrical, or software engineering projects.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and work independently as well as in a team.
  • Experience with hands-on troubleshooting and debugging of mechanical or electrical hardware.
  • Bonus skills: experience with closed loop control systems, PCBAs, quality tools, programming languages (Python, C, C++, SQL), and business reporting software.
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