Base Salary
$160k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, and maintain physical- and MAC-layer software for the Starlink wireless software stack.
- Help architect current and next-generation Starlink hardware and signal-processing algorithms.
- Participate in hardware bring-up, debugging, verification, and launch activities.
- Work with other teams on cross-layer integration of the end-to-end system.
- Develop prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Collaborate with engineers to plan and organize product development.
- Own the complete software lifecycle, including development, testing, and support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or at least 2 years of professional software engineering experience programming in C or C++ in lieu of a degree.
- Experience working with wireless software or network protocols.
- Strong knowledge of wireless communications, signal processing, and/or network protocols.
- Knowledge of RF systems and fundamentals, including noise figure, link budget, and non-linearity.
- Experience writing software for RF or mixed-signal integrated circuits and systems such as phase-locked loops, mixers, data converters, and RF attenuators.
- Familiarity with digital signal processing algorithms and techniques including FFT, equalizers, channel estimation, pilot tracking, digital pre-distortion, and Doppler compensation.
- Experience with RF spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
- Experience with physical and/or MAC layers in broadband access technologies such as Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, or satellite broadband.
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit-testing skills.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Applicants must satisfy applicable ITAR authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles are available Monday through Friday for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
- Eligible employees may receive stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.