9 hours ago
Base Salary
$165k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Bring up new RF silicon and power up chips for the first time.
- Design and build modular, reusable, production-ready low-level silicon driver libraries.
- Optimize software for timing, throughput, performance, and simplicity.
- Build hardware-in-the-loop/HTIL/HIL test platforms and automated integration and regression tests.
- Validate silicon driver software on physical hardware and FPGA emulators.
- Support software integration with flight software teams for satellite phased arrays and user terminals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
- 5+ years of professional development experience in C, C++, or Python.
- Professional experience developing, debugging, and deploying software used in real-world applications or projects.
- Knowledge of electronics, mathematics, physics, and RF communication systems.
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit-testing skills.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting embedded software with power supplies, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
- Familiarity with schematics, PCB layouts, FPGA design, HDLs such as SystemVerilog, and low-level register access.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing requirements.
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical milestones.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $165,000.00-$270,000.00, with potential 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 annually; Washington State employees accrue paid sick time.
- Company shuttles operate Monday through Friday between select Seattle locations and 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.