Senior RF Software Engineer
SpaceX
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This role pays less than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $150,193–$202,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $135k versus about $176k for comparable roles.
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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.
SpaceX currently has 680 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 442 roles with salary data.
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As an RF Software Engineer (Starshield), you will join a collaborative team of engineers to develop advanced programs supporting national security efforts through earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads in low earth orbit. You will drive program-level decisions on RF system designs, research novel solutions for large-scale satellite systems, and create electromagnetic simulation models to evaluate performance. Your daily work involves designing, building, and automating modular, scalable RF test infrastructure and sequences using Python and C++. You will also validate custom designs using tools such as vector network analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes. The role requires proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Linux or Windows environments while addressing complex technical challenges related to proliferated communications and remote sensing systems for government use cases.
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