New Graduate Engineer, Power Generation (Starship)

About the Role

SpaceX is developing technologies for humanity to explore the stars and enable life on Mars. The New Graduate Engineer, Power Generation (Starship) role involves working on advanced electronics for orbital flight and space travel, contributing to establishing new frontiers in space and becoming a multi-planetary species. Placement on sub-teams will be determined by technical fit, expertise, and personal preference.

Sub-teams include:

• Avionics: electronics for sensors, power, networking, and data acquisition.
• Automation & Controls: automated solutions for manufacturing, vehicle handling, and launch pad systems.
• Power Infrastructure: power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and maintain electrical systems.
• Develop analog and digital circuits for extreme environments; design switching power converters, signal conditioning, filters, and high-integrity layouts.
• Support hardware through production, integration, and flight, collaborating with EEE, EMI, radiation, propulsion, structures, and GNC teams.
• Rapidly develop high-reliability avionics components (sensors, power systems, network interfaces, propulsion interfaces, data acquisition).
• Drive system trades, requirements, component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, analysis, testing, documentation, manufacturing support, and flight support.
• Participate in the conceptual development of automated equipment and processes for Starship production.
• Troubleshoot issues hands-on, support technicians, and ensure safe, efficient operation of systems.
• Design, build, operate, and maintain microgrids for Starbase, TX.
• Create and maintain sitewide power budgets, monitoring, and metering for mission-critical assets.
• Ensure compliance with NFPA 70, 70B, 70E, NESC, and IEEE standards.
• Develop and implement protective relay settings and schemes for high-voltage equipment.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in 2027.
• Degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of electrical experience with power systems, automation & controls, or board and sensor design.
• Power systems analysis tools (ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, PowerWorld, Matlab, PSCAD, etc.) and studies (load flow, short-circuit, arc-flash, coordination, transient stability).
• Familiarity with industrial power systems up to high voltages including switchgear, transformers, BESS, VFDs, motors, UPS, generation, relaying, and metering.
• Experience with industrial communications (Modbus, DNP3, IEEE protocols, Ethernet, fieldbuses) and networking concepts.
• PLC programming, HMI/SCADA development, robot systems (Kuka, ABB, Fanuc or similar), and safety systems.
• Electrical schematic and panel design experience.
• Hands-on building and commissioning of control panels and electromechanical systems.
• Analog/digital circuit design, signal conditioning, power electronics (converters, magnetics, inverters, filters, EMI/EMC), high-speed digital/layout for signal integrity, high-voltage systems, batteries, load switches, microcontrollers, FPGAs, networking (including single-pair Ethernet), and circuit board design-for-manufacture.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Qualifications

• Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in 2027.
• Degree in an electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of electrical experience with power systems, automation & controls, or board and sensor design.