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---
import ExperienceLayout from '@layouts/ExperienceLayout.astro';
import Timeline from '@components/Timeline/Timeline.astro';
import Carousel from "@components/CustomCarousel/CustomCarousel.astro";
import starlink_headquarters_selfie
from "@assets/experience/spacex/hardware-test-engineer-i-ii/starlink-headquarters-selfie.jpg";
import type {carouselGroup} from "@interfaces/image-carousel.ts";
import type {timelineEntry} from "@interfaces/timeline.ts";
const headerCarouselGroup: carouselGroup = {
animation: "slide",
images: [
starlink_headquarters_selfie
]
}
const timeline: timelineEntry[] = [
{
event: "Started",
eventDetail: "Satellite Hardware Test Team",
date: "September 2019",
description: "Owned test systems for four generations of Starlink flight computers and two generations of power boards"
},
{
event: "Transitioned To Remote",
eventDetail: "Moved To Oregon",
date: "August 2022",
description: "Personal decision, but I was allowed to work on tools for the build reliability engineering team"
},
{
event: "Changed Teams",
eventDetail: "Components Test Infra Team",
date: "March 2024 - VERIFY",
description: "Vertical move that allowed for broader application of my skills"
},
{
event: "Finished",
eventDetail: "Thanks for all the fish!",
date: "April 2025",
description: "Celebrated five and a half years of helping put thousands of satellites, and dozens of rockets, into orbit"
}
];
---
<ExperienceLayout title="SpaceX - Hardware Test Engineer I/II">
<Carousel carouselGroup={headerCarouselGroup}/>
<h2 class="font-bold md:text-2xl my-4">Summary</h2>
<h3 class="font-bold md:text-lg my-4">Timeline</h3>
<Timeline timeline={timeline}/>
<h3 class="font-bold md:text-lg my-4">Key Takeaways</h3>
<ul class="list-disc list-inside">
<li>Created test systems which validated ~4500 Starlink satellite flight computers, and ~4000 power boards</li>
<li>Developed program-critical infrastructure that enabled efficient triage, management, and tracking of
hardware failures
</li>
<li>Designed and deployed automated, unified, and containerized infrastructure to greatly increase application
reliability and development speed
</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="font-bold md:text-lg my-4">Skills Used</h3>
<div class="relative grid gap-6 grid-flow-row sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 xl:grid-cols-4 border-caperren-green">
<div>
<div class="font-extrabold text-sm">Software</div>
<hr class="text-caperren-green"/>
<ul class="list-disc list-inside text-sm">
<li>Python</li>
<li>Test Driven Development</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<div class="font-extrabold text-sm">Electrical</div>
<hr class="text-caperren-green"/>
</div>
<div>
<div class="font-extrabold text-sm">Mechanical</div>
<hr class="text-caperren-green"/>
</div>
<div>
<div class="font-extrabold text-sm">Other</div>
<hr class="text-caperren-green"/>
</div>
</div>
<h2 class="font-bold md:text-2xl my-4">Details By Team</h2>
<h3 class="font-bold md:text-lg my-4">Starlink Hardware Test</h3>
<h3 class="font-bold md:text-lg my-4">Build Reliability Engineering</h3>
<h3 class="font-bold md:text-lg my-4">Components Test Infrastructure</h3>
</ExperienceLayout>