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# Lead Hardware Development Engineer (Starlink)

- **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- **Location:** Bastrop, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Networks, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Desktop Computing, Linux, Dynamic Random-Access Memory, Embedded Operating Systems, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Wi-Fi Technology, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_spacex-8722642002

## About the Role

RESPONSIBILITIES: + Lead a team of 3-5 engineers to rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for our Gateway systems + Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging + Optimize existing designs to improve reliability and reduce production and field defects + Implement automated design validation test assets to speed up development cycles + Hire, coach, and develop direct reports so they can own their products and make decisions without waiting on you + Develop and train direct reports to enable product ownership and empowered decision making + Partner with antenna, software, mechanical, networking, thermal, manufacturing and production test teams BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: + Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or physics + 3+ years of professional experience with hardware design/development or electronics test engineering PREFERRED
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: + 6+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly-reliable products + 6+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production; strong emphasis on full life cycle development of new hardware products and not small incremental updates to legacy hardware + 6+ 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 + 6+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics + Strong understanding of computer networking and interfaces (10/100/400/800G networking/Tbps switches) + Strong understanding of optical networking architectures and fundamentals + Strong understanding of computers and programming languages
(Python, C/C++) + Experience in desktop/server Linux and embedded operating systems + Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role + Excellent communication skills both written and verbal ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: + Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines + Ability to travel to other sites (Hawthorne, CA and Redmond, WA) up to 20% ITAR REQUIREMENTS: + To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

## Description

The Starlink Product Development Team is responsible for the development of customer-facing products which are manufactured in the range of many millions per year, including phased array satellite dishes, high speed WiFi routers, and power supplies.
As a Lead Hardware Engineer on the Starlink team, you will lead a team of 3-5 engineers, and own the full ecosystem and roadmap of our consumer electronics from start to finish.
You will set the technical direction, grow the engineers on your team into product owners, and work regularly with partner teams across antenna, software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test to take this hardware from initial concept through full-scale production.