Lead PCB Designer (Starshield) Hawthorne CA

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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. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

LEAD PCB DESIGNER (STARSHIELD)

Starshield leverages SpaceXs Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use Starshield is designed for government use with an initial focus on earth observation communications and hosted payloads.

This is an opportunity to build and lead a new PCB design team for addition to hiring top-notch PCB designers this role will require close collaboration with electrical and mechanical engineering teams as well as supply chain manufacturing and reliability teams to design boards that meet performance and reliability requirements. As the Starshield satellite and ground system designs evolve you will be expected to learn new technologies mentor other designers and constantly look for opportunities to improve our designs and reduce layout time.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead and hire a team of high-performance printed circuit board (PCB) designers
Establish priorities and projects with clear scope and objectives
Develop growth plans for team members to develop their capabilities
Review and guide new projects to maintain cost and performance objectives
Drive the development of the electronic data management solutions
Determine layer stackup; perform component package selection component placement routing feasibility studies and signal routing of digital analog RF and power conversion of PCBs
Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines
Standardize and maintain release of documentation for fabrication of PCBs
Utilize PCB design tools; maintain and evaluate new tools and train team members to use tools

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
2 years of PCB design experience
1 years of experience leading teams and/or projects
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Experience designing boards for high volume production and executing on tight deadlines
Deep understanding of DFM/DFA/DFT (design for manufacturing design for assembly design for test) rules and PCB fabrication process. Mastery of tools such as Valor Enterprise.
2 years of experience with PCB layout and routing in one or all of the following areas: modern passive and active electronics components surface-mount RF components ball-grid array and similar fine pitch or high pin density components
Experience with ECAD libraries and library configuration management
Experience with Mentor Xpedition and/or Altium Designer
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 traces
Experience with MIL-STD commercial and IPC standards and design
Experience with scripting and automation
Professional experience leading a team while providing technical direction and strong mentoring skills
Excellent communication skills for articulating complex concepts problems and solutions across all levels within the organization
Active TS/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Able to work extended hours and weekends as needed to support critical path development and/or critical on-orbit operations
An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:
Lead PCB Designer: $135000.00 - $195000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills education and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential up to an additional $20000 annually once officially briefed into a classified program.