13 hours ago
Base Salary
$125k - $200k/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.
- Develop hardware-in-the-loop test platforms and automated integration and regression tests.
- Validate silicon driver software on physical hardware and FPGA emulators.
- Support software integration with project-specific flight software teams for satellite phased arrays and user terminals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics.
- At least 1 year of professional development experience in C, C++, or Python.
- Preferred experience developing, debugging, and deploying software used in real-world applications or projects.
- Knowledge of electronics, mathematics, physics, and RF communication systems.
- Experience with debugging, performance optimization, unit testing, embedded software troubleshooting, lab equipment, schematics, PCB layouts, FPGA design, HDLs, and low-level register access.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing requirements.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed for critical milestones.
- Must meet applicable ITAR employment eligibility or obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
Benefits
- Base salary ranges from $125,000 to $165,000 for Level 1 and $145,000 to $200,000 for Level 2.
- Potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan access.
- 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; Washington employees accrue paid sick time according to law.
- 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.