The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Apply interdisciplinary knowledge, spanning photonics, electrical: engineering/signals, and mechanical engineering concepts to data communication system development, including design, analysis, and validation
Represent the optical data communication network in program-level,: cross-disciplinary trades and issue resolution
Perform trade space analysis between various optical interconnect: technologies and approaches to minimize SWaP-C while meeting throughput and reliability/uptime requirements
Participate in verification testing, including environmental qualification,: functional qualification, reliability testing, and fault injection testing
Review test data and lead anomaly investigation and resolution
Maintain link models, design specifications, and system capabilities data
What they're looking for
- Interface with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure final designs: can be manufactured in accordance with overall project goals
- Collaborate with software and automation teams to develop tools and protocols: for automated link tuning, operation and qualification
- Represent optical datacom systems for reliability and risk discussions with: internal reliability teams, management, customers, and vendors
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, or other engineering/STEM discipline
