SpaceX is hiring a
Wireless Software Engineer

Summary

Join SpaceX as a Wireless Software Engineer on the Starlink program and contribute to solving novel engineering challenges in firmware, embedded, and signal processing software. As a key member of the team, you will design, implement, test, and maintain physical and MAC layer software for the wireless software stack. With a strong focus on innovation and collaboration, this role offers opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies and make a significant impact on the world's most advanced broadband internet system.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or 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

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain physical and MAC layer software of the wireless software stack for the Starlink communications network
• Participate in architecting current and next-gen Starlink hardware and signal processing algorithms
• Participate in hardware bring-up, debugging, verification and launch
• Work with other teams for cross-layer integration of the end-to-end system
• Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
• Collaborate with other engineers to plan and organize the development of our products

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of wireless communications, signal processing and/or network protocols
• Knowledge of RF systems and fundamentals: noise figure, link budget, non-linearity
• Experience writing software for RF/mixed-signal integrated circuits and/or systems, such as phase-locked loops, mixers, data-converters, RF attenuators
• Familiar with design and implementation of Digital Signal Processing algorithms and techniques: FFT, time and frequency domain equalizer, channel estimation, pilot tracking, digital pre-distortion, doppler compensation
• Experience with lab equipment such as RF spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope
• Experience in any of physical and/or MAC layers in broadband access technologies such as: Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G or satellite broadband
• Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills and engineering fundamentals
• Strong skills in debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements

Benefits

• Pay range: Software Engineer/Level I: $130,000.00 - $155,000.00/per year
• Software Engineer/Level II: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00/per year
• 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 & will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year