Electrical Engineer New Grad - Electrical

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. Our SpaceX team is working on the toughest and most audacious projects on our planet: making humanity multiplanetary. As an electrical development engineer on the SpaceX team, you will demonstrate extreme ownership through detailed and thorough design, hardware bring-up/characterization/testing, and requirements generation/verification - ultimately seeing your hardware through all aspects of its life cycle. You will work with many cross-disciplinary teams and will need to think at a system level to ensure that your design is viable. Our development timelines are quick and you will need to rigorously explore solutions for previously unsolved or unknown problems. Every day, we push the limits of what is possible through innovation, determination, and teamwork to drive the mission to success. ## Responsibilities - Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with our satellites. - Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging. - Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing teams, and production test teams. ## Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering. - Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027. ## Preferred Skills and Experience - 2+ years of experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products. - 2+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production, with strong emphasis on full life cycle development of new hardware products. - 2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards from concept through production using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DRAM interfaces (DDR4), I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and power supply components. - 2+ years of experience testing, troubleshooting and debugging electronics. - 2+ years of experience with fast-paced projects. - Strong understanding of computers and programming languages, including Python and C/C++. - Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role. - Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere. - Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. ## Additional Requirements - An active clearance may provide the opportunity to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; candidates may be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing. ## ITAR Requirements - To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. ## Compensation and Benefits Level I pay range: $115,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year. Actual level and base salary may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program. Employees may be eligible for long-term incentives, including company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, a 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts and perks, 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave pursuant to company policy. SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer.