New Graduate Engineer, Electrical (Starshield)
Hawthorne · USD 115,000-140,000 / year · 2+ years experience · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Location
- Hawthorne
- Salary
- USD 115,000-140,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- The New Graduate Engineer, Electrical (Starshield) will design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for satellite communication. This role involves full life cycle hardware development, from initial design and component selection to board bring-up and verification within a fast-paced, cross-disciplinary environment.
Responsibilities
- Rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for communicating with satellites.
- Drive electrical architecture, specification, and component selection.
- Execute circuit board design, implementation, and verification.
- Perform board bring-up and debugging.
- Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and production test teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
- Graduating with a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in 2026 or 2027.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.
Preferred qualifications
- 2+ years of experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products.
- 2+ years of electronic product experience designing hardware from concept through production.
- 2+ years of experience designing and implementing mixed-signal circuit boards.
- 2+ years of experience testing, troubleshooting and debugging electronics.
- 2+ years of experience with fast-paced projects.
- Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++).
- Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives (company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards)
- Discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short & long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Skills
- Python
- C/C++
- Ethernet
- SerDes
- DDR4
- I2C
- SPI
- Operational Amplifiers