PCB Designer (Starshield)
SpaceX - Hawthorne, CA
Posted Jan 31, 2026
Benefits
- Parental leave
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- Non-birth-parent leave
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- Family-building benefits
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- Fertility benefits: Not verified
- Adoption assistance: Not verified
- Surrogacy assistance: Not verified
- Mental health support
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- Relocation assistance
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- Childcare support
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- Learning budget
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- Salary
- $105K-$122K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- 401(k) match
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $66,396 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +3.5% - Average
71% above the BLS role benchmark for design aggregate.
Matched to SOC 27-1024 - Design aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
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- Weekend work
- Required From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
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About this role
PCB Designer (Starshield) Hawthorne, CA 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. PCB DESIGNER (STARSHIELD) Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. As a PCB Designer at SpaceX, you'll be responsible for creating the layout for all our in-house board designs for Starshield. You're not just connecting the dots. Here you'll partner closely with Hardware Development Engineers as they develop their schematics, providing your expertise and recommendations at each design review, and iterating your designs to come up with the best possible solutions. You'll contribute to a variety of design mixes from radio phased arrays to solar power converters and more. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB) - Library creation and maintenance - Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs - Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to continually improve design rules, constraints and design for test and manufacture guidelines - Utilize PCB design tools, maintain and evaluate new tools, and train team
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