Full-Time

Electrical Engineer

Starcloud

Starcloud

11-50 employees

Orbital data centers powering AI workloads

Compensation Overview

$100k - $120k/yr

+ Stock Options + Discretionary Bonuses + Long-term Incentives

Redmond, WA, USA

In Person

U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency, or export-regulation eligibility required.

Category
Electrical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
Altium
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Proficiency with ECAD software (e.g., Mentor Graphics, Altium Designer).
  • Experience with PCB design, layout, and troubleshooting.
  • Minimum of 1+ years of experience in electrical design, analysis, testing, and/or manufacturing.
  • Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal management principles.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the design and development of high-reliability electronics for space-based data processing centers.
  • Create detailed schematics and PCB layouts using advanced ECAD tools.
  • Perform signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal analysis to ensure robust, space-ready designs.
  • Manage the lifecycle of electrical components from initial concept through manufacturing, testing, and deployment.
  • Develop and refine design criteria, collaborate on system-level requirements, and drive system trades.
  • Ensure timely project delivery with high standards of quality and performance through meticulous project management.
  • Design and execute comprehensive test plans to validate electrical designs under various environmental conditions, including vibration, thermal cycling, and radiation.
  • Utilize DOE (Design of Experiments) and SPC (Statistical Process Control) methodologies to analyze test data and inform design improvements.
  • Conduct rigorous environmental and performance testing to validate analyses and ensure compliance with design criteria.
  • Collaborate with supply chain and manufacturing teams to establish efficient production processes for space-qualified hardware.
  • Optimize designs for manufacturability, cost, and reliability, ensuring seamless integration into the overall system architecture.
  • Engage with vendors to ensure high-quality delivery and integration of electrical components.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
  • 3+ years of professional experience in electrical design and analysis, particularly in aerospace, space, or data processing industries.
  • Expertise in high-speed digital, RF, and power electronics.
  • Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, C/C++) for automation and data analysis.
  • Experience with PCB design for space applications and radiation-hardened electronics.
  • Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills.

Starcloud builds megawatt-scale data centers in low Earth orbit and leases GPU compute, storage, and data processing capacity to customers. Satellites carry large GPU clusters and storage, with power from onboard solar panels and cooling in vacuum; customers access resources over the network and pay by usage. Unlike terrestrial cloud providers, Starcloud avoids land, water, and permitting bottlenecks by operating in orbit, and benefits from space-based energy and cooling to reduce costs and emissions. Its goal is to extend digital compute beyond Earth’s surface, enabling scalable, sustainable AI workloads through orbital data centers.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$194M

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $170M Series A at $1.1B valuation in March 2026, fastest YC unicorn.
  • Starcloud-2 launches October 2026 with GPU clusters, generating cash exceeding costs.
  • Delivers 10x lower energy costs via 24/7 solar and radiative cooling.

What critics are saying

  • FCC denied 88,000-satellite proposal February 2026 over orbital congestion.
  • SpaceX undercuts GPU leasing by 50% using Starlink's 6,000+ satellites.
  • Radiation degrades NVIDIA H100s by 50-70%, halting Starcloud-2 by 2027.

What makes Starcloud unique

  • Starcloud deploys NVIDIA H100 GPUs on 60-kg Starcloud-1 satellite, first orbital GPU compute.
  • Founders from SpaceX, Microsoft, Airbus enable megawatt-scale orbital data centers.
  • Leases GPU hours to satellites like Capella Space, avoiding Earth downlink bottlenecks.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Parental Leave

Stock Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

9%

2 year growth

-14%
SiliconANGLE Media
Apr 14th, 2026
Orbital raises a16z funding to test space-based AI data centers in orbit by 2027

Orbital, a startup building space-based AI data centres, has raised an undisclosed amount in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Speedrun. The company plans to launch its first test mission, Orbital-1, in April 2027 to demonstrate proof-of-concept for orbital AI infrastructure. Orbital aims to address AI's energy crisis by deploying satellites in sun-synchronous orbits 1,200 miles above Earth, running entirely on continuous solar power whilst using radiative cooling to dissipate heat. Each satellite will house Nvidia-powered GPU clusters designed for AI inference workloads, with latency comparable to terrestrial fibre connections at 20 to 40 milliseconds. The company is opening Factory-1, a research facility in Los Angeles, to manufacture its compute satellites. Rather than attempting repairs in orbit, Orbital will replace satellites at end-of-life with controlled deorbit and burn-up on reentry.

Reuters
Mar 30th, 2026
Starcloud reaches $1.1 billion valuation as AI space race heats up

Orbital compute infrastructure startup Starcloud has raised $170 million at a $1.1 billion ‌valuation, as companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin race to move power-hungry AI data centers off-planet.

SpaceNews
Mar 30th, 2026
Starcloud reaches $1.1B valuation with $170M raise for orbital data centers

Starcloud has raised $170 million to develop its next-generation spacecraft, achieving a valuation of $1.1 billion and unicorn status. The funding will accelerate the company's plans to deploy an 88,000-strong orbital data centre network, pending regulatory approval.

Data Centre Dynamics Ltd
Aug 8th, 2025
Starcloud secures CIA-backed In-Q-Tel investment

Starcloud, a "data center in space" firm, has secured investment from In-Q-Tel, a venture firm funded by the CIA. This partnership aims to accelerate Starcloud's development of orbital data centers, offering high-performance AI compute capabilities for satellites. Founded as Lumen Orbit, Starcloud plans to deploy LEO satellites using 24/7 solar power. The company has raised over $20 million, with investors like Y Combinator and Sequoia. The investment size from In-Q-Tel remains undisclosed.

GeekWire
Feb 26th, 2025
Starcloud raises $10M for space data centers

Lumen Orbit has rebranded as Starcloud and secured an additional $10M in funding for its space-based data centers, bringing its total seed funding to $21M. The Redmond, Wash.-based startup, which emerged from Y Combinator, plans to launch a 60-kg demonstrator satellite with NVIDIA GPUs on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The funding will support the development of megawatt-scale computer servers in orbit, reducing the need for terrestrial data centers.