Senior Wireless Firmware Engineer
SpaceX
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This role pays more than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $141,875–$205,625 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $192k versus about $174k 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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The Sr. Wireless Firmware Engineer (Starlink Mobile) joins the Starlink Mobile program to provide global cellular connectivity from space. In this role, you will develop novel wireless signal processing algorithms and implement optimized software for satellites and ground stations. Your daily responsibilities include designing and implementing physical layer algorithms for satellite-based 4G/5G LTE/NR eNodeB/gNodeB, developing models to validate modem performance, and debugging complex issues across the wireless PHY and MAC layers. You will utilize C/C++, Python, and Linux command line tools while applying expertise in digital signal processing, forward error correction, and software-defined radio. The work focuses on accelerating wireless PHY development and solving interdisciplinary challenges for non-terrestrial networks, specifically optimizing complex signal processing algorithms for resource-constrained CPUs in a high-performance software environment.
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