Senior RF Software Engineer
SpaceX
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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As an RF Software Engineer (Starlink), you will join a collaborative team of RF, DSP, hardware, and software engineers to design and build RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit. Your daily responsibilities include driving program-level decisions on RF system designs, researching novel solutions for large-scale satellite systems, and creating electromagnetic simulation models. You will design, build, and automate scalable test infrastructure using Python and C++ to support the characterization of custom hardware. The role requires hands-on experience with radio test equipment such as vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes. You will solve complex problems regarding antenna systems and communication components like filters and amplifiers while navigating technical challenges involving signal integrity, power metrics, and the integration of software with hardware in a fast-paced environment.
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