3 days ago
Bellevue, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a Linux-based operating system for the supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh.
- Develop and optimize high-performance device and peripheral drivers.
- Deploy, operate, debug, and improve the platform in production.
- Root-cause anomalies and improve system reliability.
- Develop observability and configuration-management tools.
- Collaborate with hardware teams and external partners on next-generation hardware design and software bring-up.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a science discipline, or 2+ years of professional software-development experience in lieu of a degree; internship experience is applicable.
- Hands-on system-programming experience in C or C++.
- Preferred: deep knowledge of the Linux kernel and networking stack or another production-grade kernel.
- Preferred: proficiency with kernel, network, and userspace debugging tools.
- Preferred: experience bringing up new hardware, flashing bare-metal software with JTAG, or bootstrapping Linux on new hardware.
- Preferred: experience developing and optimizing device or peripheral drivers, including high-speed interfaces, DMA, or cache coherency.
- Preferred: knowledge of Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, SPI, and related hardware interfaces, including schematic review and interface debugging.
- Preferred: experience with product security, OS or system hardening, and secure boot schemes.
Benefits
- Base salary range is $125,000.00-$165,000.00 for Level 1 and $145,000.00-$200,000.00 for Level 2, with actual level and salary determined by knowledge, skills, education, and experience.
- May include company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability and life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Employees may accrue three weeks of paid vacation and receive 10 or more paid holidays annually; Washington employees accrue paid sick time.
- 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.