3 days ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a reliable Linux-based operating system for the supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh satellites.
- Develop and optimize high-performance device drivers for network and compute hardware.
- Deploy, operate, debug, and root-cause anomalies in the production platform.
- Improve observability and configuration-management tools.
- Collaborate with hardware teams and external partners to design and bring up next-generation hardware and software stacks.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science, or 2+ years of professional software-development experience in lieu of a degree; internship experience is applicable.
- Hands-on system-programming experience in C or C++.
- Preferred: deep Linux kernel and networking-stack knowledge or experience with another production-grade kernel.
- Preferred: proficiency with ftrace, perf, Wireshark/tcpdump, eBPF, gdb, and related kernel, network, and userspace debugging tools.
- Preferred: experience bringing up new hardware, flashing bare-metal software on microcontrollers with JTAG, or bootstrapping a Linux kernel and rootfs.
- Preferred: experience developing and optimizing device or peripheral drivers, including high-speed interfaces, DMA, and cache coherency.
- Preferred: knowledge of Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, SPI, schematic review, product security, OS/system hardening, and secure boot schemes.
Benefits
- Base salary ranges from $125,000.00-$165,000.00 for Level 1 and $145,000.00-$200,000.00 for Level 2.
- Potential eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays; Washington employees accrue paid sick time.
- Company shuttles operate Monday through Friday from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
- Employment is subject to ITAR eligibility or the ability to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.