SpaceX is hiring a
RF Software Engineer

Summary

Join SpaceX as a RF Software Engineer on the Starlink team, working with a collaborative and fast-paced environment to design and build RF capabilities for high-speed internet delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or computer science
• 1+ years of professional development experience in C#, C/C++, or Python (internship experience is applicable)
• Experience with RF test equipment such as VNA, spectrum analyzer, etc

Responsibilities

• Develop RF focused functionality and calibration/test software for Consumer Wireless Hardware operation and production
• Design, build, validate, and automate RF test setups for full characterization of custom RF designs, often involving Vector Network Analyzers (VNA), Vector Signal Generators (VSG), Vector Signal Analyzers (VSA), Spectrum Analyzers, load pulls, RF power meters, high-speed oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment
• Work in close collaboration with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, physics, or computer science
• Strong fundamental knowledge of electronics, RF communications, physics, and math
• Experience with testing both active and passive RF devices such as filters, amplifiers, mixers, and upconverters/downconverters
• Familiarity with common RF concepts such as gain, linearity, P1dB, ACLR, EVM, PAE, S-parameters, and input/output matching
• Familiarity with SOLID software design principles, software architecture, design patterns, and unit/integration testing methodology
• Familiarity with environmental test methodologies and equipment such as thermal chambers and temperature forcing systems
• Experience troubleshooting interactions between software and hardware such as network devices and lab instrumentation
• Familiarity using Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience with configuration management and version control software

Benefits

• Pay range: $120,000.00 - $145,000.00/per year (RF Software Engineer/Level I)
• Pay range: $140,000.00 - $170,000.00/per year (RF Software Engineer/Level II)
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation & 10 or more paid holidays per year