Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, and maintain physical- and MAC-layer software for the Starlink wireless software stack.
- 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.
- Plan and organize product development collaboratively with other engineers.
- Own the complete software lifecycle, including development, testing, and support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of professional software engineering experience programming with C or C++ in lieu of a degree.
- Experience 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 DSP algorithms and techniques including FFT, equalization, channel estimation, pilot tracking, digital pre-distortion, and Doppler compensation.
- Experience using RF spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
- Experience with physical and/or MAC layers in Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, or satellite broadband technologies.
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit-testing skills.
- Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and engineering fundamentals, with the ability to work in a dynamic environment.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or 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 applicable law.
- Company shuttles are offered Monday through Friday from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR work-authorization requirements.
- The role may require extended hours and weekends as needed.
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.