Software Engineer, Supercomputer Network
SpaceX
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This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $137,500–$202,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $145k versus about $170k 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 851 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 590 roles with salary data.
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As a Software Engineer, Supercomputer Network (Starlink) on the Platform Core team, you will work on the lowest layers of the software stack for the world's largest AI supercomputers. Your primary responsibilities include building and maintaining a high-reliability Linux-based operating system for the supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh of satellites. You will write high-performance device drivers, manage production deployments, and develop tools for observability and configuration management. The role requires hands-on system programming experience in C or C++, along with deep knowledge of the Linux kernel, networking stacks, and debugging tools like ftrace, perf, and eBPF. You will collaborate with hardware teams to bring up new hardware, optimizing for high-speed interfaces, DMA, cache coherency, and standards like Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, and SPI.
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