8 hours ago
Base Salary
$170k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build Starlink security infrastructure, including cryptographic and other security-critical services.
- Develop security features for Starlink routers, dishes, gateways, and satellites.
- Design security into factory processes and provide supporting network services.
- Maintain production systems and improve security through direct implementation and recommendations to other teams.
- Build prototypes and identify, design, and test security improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another STEM discipline plus 5+ years of professional security software development experience, or 7+ years of such experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with at least one software development language, such as Python, C++, or Golang.
- Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other large-scale infrastructure.
- Preferred experience includes security improvements for complex systems, TPMs, HSMs, TCP/IP and UDP-based protocols, and navigating complex interactive systems.
- Preferred qualifications include an advanced technical or engineering degree, strong communication skills, teamwork, independence, adaptability, and the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
Benefits
- Base salary is accompanied by potential company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage; a 401(k) retirement plan; disability and life insurance; paid parental leave; discounts; and other perks.
- Employees may accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and receive 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles operate Monday through Friday from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
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.