Manager, Gateway Electronics Engineering (Starlink)

Manager, Gateway Electronics Engineering (Starlink)

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.

As the Electronics Manager on the Starlink team, you will be responsible for the design, performance, and reliability of next-generation gateways - ultimately ensuring that our ground station antenna hardware can withstand the harshest environmental conditions while maintaining reliable communication with millions of users on a global scale. You will interact regularly with senior leadership to influence the fundamental operation of our constellation and network while collaborating with electrical, silicon, software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to steer this project from initial concept development to full-scale production.

Responsibilities :

• Manage a team of 5-10 engineers to rapidly design, develop, and validate highly reliable electronics for our gateway systems
• Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging
• Define and manage all key project milestones and deliverables
• Maintain alignment with key partners such as antenna, software, mechanical, networking, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams to drive overall business success
• Compile and maintain lessons learned to influence future designs. Understand and implement long-term technical and business solutions that meet / exceed goals to deliver for our customers and Starlink's vision
• Drive product architecture with a focus on innovative solutions to achieve low cost, greater performance, best user experience, and extended reliability. Implement automated design validation tests and production tests as necessary
• Recruit, develop, and promote a team of exceptional engineers and / or specialists responsible for designing, analyzing, building, and testing existing and new Starlink gateways. Set standards, and hold the team accountable to deliver with high technical rigor and discipline
• Own and build out associated engineering lab or development workspaces; hire necessary team members to deliver assets required, and efficiently manage associated capital spend
• Consistently contribute effort, leadership, and creative thinking to solving complex problems in a collaborative fashion and under tight deadlines. Above all, remain dependable, which means being unfazed by ambiguity or major changes in strategic direction
• Ensure a strong focus is placed on safety and maintain an excellent safety record

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SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin / ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.