Base Salary
$170k - $235k/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.
- Collaborate with other teams on cross-layer, end-to-end system integration.
- Develop prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Own the complete software lifecycle, including development, testing, and support.
- Work with engineers to plan and organize product development.
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 working 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.
- Familiarity with digital signal-processing algorithms such as FFT, equalization, channel estimation, pilot tracking, digital pre-distortion, and Doppler compensation.
- Experience with RF spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, or oscilloscopes.
- Experience with physical or MAC layers in broadband technologies such as Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, or satellite broadband.
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit-testing skills.
- Strong analytical, communication, and engineering fundamentals, with the ability to work in a dynamic environment.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
- Long-term incentives, potential discretionary bonuses, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and other discounts and perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave under company policy.
- The role may require extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Applicants must satisfy applicable ITAR authorization requirements.
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.