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
Gateway / infrastructure: design high-power (multi-kW) AC/DC, DC/DC, and power distribution for outdoor ground-station electronics that must survive heat, cold, lightning, and poor grid quality while staying on-air.
Consumer / user terminals: design the power path for products we ship by the million (user terminals, routers, accessories). Cost, yield, DFM/DFA, test time, and weeks-not-months iteration matter as much as efficiency. You will be in the factory loop, not only the lab.
Design, develop, and test highly reliable power electronics for hardware that communicates with our satellites
Provide engineering expertise in the design, analysis, and testing of AC/DC: and DC-DC converters from watt-class boards through multi-kW racks
Architect system-level power distribution; lead design trades and development: of requirements with RF, thermal, mechanical, test, and firmware
Own schematic capture, magnetics specification, control-loop design, and: layout constraints through prototype bring-up
What they're looking for
- Define and perform electrical power system verification: efficiency, thermal, EMC, surge/transient, and reliability
- Work with multidisciplinary teams of design, test, and production engineers: to take new power electronics from EVT through production ramp and cost-down
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- + years of experience designing power electronics (converters, magnetics, or: power stages); internships or extracurricular experience is applicable
