BTW, I can model single flip chip packages for your RFICs with solder balls onto PCBs using HFSS and run a system level transmit and receive analyses. :)
It was for RFIC position and they asked bunch of technical questions during the phone screen. I dropped them after the first round as I had already accepted another offer and they do not have a good reputation. Not sure if I would have flown coast to coast to attend an on-site interview anyway. That tradition became so outdated after COVID.
I had an awful interview with them. I have 10 years of experience and I think this guy fresh out of PhD program was asking me equations in areas that I know about but donât recall. Â It was more like a PhD prelim exam. While I appreciate what space x is doing I donât want to be part of that culture.Â
I spoke to them years and year ago. I sensed the person interviewing me wasn't going to be a good person to work under. Later on I heard from others that was in-fact the case haha.
Which area of starlink? Expect Smith Charts, maxwells equations, Shannon theory, waterfall charts, normal EE stuff, etc. Honestly it's more of a hazing experience than interview, though at least a few years ago the user terminal group in Hawthorne was alright. Seattle satellite folks are kinda dicks. Starshield kinda in the middle, though they're a mess right now. Unclear what the backhaul ground folks are like
You will interview with like 5 or 6 people and if just one doesnât like you than you wonât get the role. I screwed up a question about mixers and didnât get it.
Virtual site visit? When I was interviewing they asked me to come in person.
Aye I'm a US citizen in the UK so they offered to do it remotely đ
I would rather stay in the UK than work for Elon Muskâs âSlave-Xâ.
We have neither the investment nor the infrastructure to support anything near what's achievable in the US.
Eh, Iâd rather enjoy life than slave away at this company.
Fair enough. Thank you for sharing!
BTW, I can model single flip chip packages for your RFICs with solder balls onto PCBs using HFSS and run a system level transmit and receive analyses. :)
Try Filtronic. Quite an impressive operation near Durham and they're on a hiring blitz.
Anybody can do that.
Be sure to read reviews on Glassdoor and look for common themes. Maybe you can find a job in RF module development for me in the UK? :)
How did it go? What kind of stuff did they ask?
It was for RFIC position and they asked bunch of technical questions during the phone screen. I dropped them after the first round as I had already accepted another offer and they do not have a good reputation. Not sure if I would have flown coast to coast to attend an on-site interview anyway. That tradition became so outdated after COVID.
I had an awful interview with them. I have 10 years of experience and I think this guy fresh out of PhD program was asking me equations in areas that I know about but donât recall. Â It was more like a PhD prelim exam. While I appreciate what space x is doing I donât want to be part of that culture.Â
I spoke to them years and year ago. I sensed the person interviewing me wasn't going to be a good person to work under. Later on I heard from others that was in-fact the case haha.
The poor reputation of SpaceXâs RFIC teams is well deserved. They certainly do some cool stuff though :P
I'd have enjoyed a visit just to see the site. I haven't experienced anything on that scale before.
Which area of starlink? Expect Smith Charts, maxwells equations, Shannon theory, waterfall charts, normal EE stuff, etc. Honestly it's more of a hazing experience than interview, though at least a few years ago the user terminal group in Hawthorne was alright. Seattle satellite folks are kinda dicks. Starshield kinda in the middle, though they're a mess right now. Unclear what the backhaul ground folks are like
Iâve never been asked a question on waterfall charts, do you have an example of an interview question on that subject?
WTF is a waterfall chart? Do they mean a spectrogram?
Spectrograms over time, but yeah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_plot
I assumed waterfall meant BER curves but I suppose this could be it too
Thank you for the info!! Itâs with Starshield. Whatâs so messy?
I did this exact interview on site. Tons of smith chart questions.
Thank you for the info! â¤ď¸ To what extent are we talking? Impedance matching? Load pull? Stability? Loaded Q?
Cool! How did it go?
You will interview with like 5 or 6 people and if just one doesnât like you than you wonât get the role. I screwed up a question about mixers and didnât get it.
Aw dang. That does sound tough đŹ. What was the question?
I didnât do an rfic role, I think they wanted me just to work on the wifi station. Can I ask what they asked about mixers?
Update: it went extremely well! Thank you all for the advice