Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)

Quick Facts

• Role: Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)

Description

Work on Starlink’s hardware reliability, investigating electrical hardware failures and driving design and process changes to improve reliability across devices. You will qualify and test new electrical designs and SMT manufacturing lines, and perform hands-on debugging of electronics failures seen in test, production, or the field.

Responsibilities

• Own qualification and testing of new electrical designs and SMT manufacturing lines for high-volume production

• Perform hands-on debugging and root-cause investigations for failed phased-array antenna, Wi‑Fi router, power supply PCBA assemblies, and cables

• Use diagnostic tools such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, x-ray machines, logic analyzers, and custom firmware scripts to root cause electronics

• Develop tools/equipment to enhance the team’s ability to quickly root cause electronics

• Run hardware failure investigations under high pressure, coordinate across teams, and communicate findings to leadership

• Run data analyses on telemetry to better understand the failure landscape

• Drive design and process changes to improve reliability based on test, production, or field failures

• Perform electrical bench testing and develop engineering models of failures to replicate and mitigate anomalies

• Drive root cause of PCBA production yield issues and prevent factory escapes of defective hardware

• Document failure modes and use data to continually improve reliability

• Partner with design, software, test, and manufacturing engineering teams to improve product/hardware design and test coverage

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology, or computer engineering

• 1+ years experience working with digital or mixed-signal designs using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and/or soldering equipment

• Experience with PCBA manufacturing processes and assembly such as SMT reflow, wave solder, and selective solder

• Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed

• Willingness to travel up to 30%

• Willingness to relocate to the Austin–Bastrop area if not already local (remote or hybrid work not considered)

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer.