Senior RF Software Engineer

SpaceX

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Bastrop, TX
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109 days ago
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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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TL;DR · Senior RF Software Engineer

As a Sr. 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. You will drive program-level decisions on RF system designs, research novel solutions for large-scale satellite systems, and create electromagnetic simulation models. Your daily work involves designing, building, and automating RF test benches and scalable test infrastructure using Python and C++. You will utilize tools such as vector network analyzers, vector signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes to validate custom designs. The role requires expertise in communication systems, antennas, and troubleshooting interactions between software and hardware to solve complex problems in satellite RF performance and production.

What you'll do

  • Drive program-level decisions regarding RF system designs.
  • Research novel solutions for large-scale satellite RF systems.
  • Design, build, and validate RF test benches using standard lab equipment.
  • Develop modular RF test infrastructure and automation sequences in Python and C++.
  • Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware to evaluate performance.
  • Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software teams to validate RF systems.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of professional development experience in C/C++ or Python.
  • Experience with radio test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, and network analyzers.
  • Experience with antennas or communication systems.
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline (preferred).
  • Experience testing active and passive RF devices, common RF concepts, and software design principles (preferred).
  • Experience with environmental test methodologies, troubleshooting software-hardware interactions, and version control (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.

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