3 months ago
Base Salary
$165k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable, real-time software to determine which user, laser, gateway, and other beams should be formed for optimal user experience across Starlink’s low-latency, high-bandwidth network.
- Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
- Develop prototypes and manage experiments to validate key design concepts.
- Develop tools for software development and deployment, data analysis and visualization, and test execution across virtualized hardware, hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and on-orbit testing.
- Own the complete software lifecycle, including development, testing, and support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional software development experience, or 7+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Development experience in assembly, C, or C++.
- Knowledge of real-time rendering, game engine development, physics simulation, or other real-time, resource-constrained, high-performance computing is preferred.
- Knowledge of network topology, numerical optimization, graph theoretic approaches, or convex optimization is preferred.
- Experience developing, debugging, and deploying software used in real-world applications or projects is preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and engineering fundamentals are preferred.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements is preferred.
- Experience with distributed systems and internet services is preferred.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR employment authorization requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $165,000.00-$230,000.00 for Level 3, plus potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and employee stock purchase plan participation.
- 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 in compliance with applicable law.
- Company shuttles provide weekday roundtrip transportation from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
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.