Senior Wireless Software Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WAPalo Alto
Salary: $160,000–$225,000 / yr
Posted: 99 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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The Sr. Wireless Software Engineer (Starlink) joins the team responsible for the world’s largest satellite constellation. This role involves designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining physical and MAC layer software for the Starlink communications network. You will develop firmware, embedded, and signal processing software for custom hardware, while architecting next-generation hardware and networking algorithms to connect thousands of satellites to millions of users. Key responsibilities include hardware bring-up, debugging, and developing prototypes to quantify technical constraints. Required skills include proficiency in C or C++, wireless software, and network protocols. Preferred experience includes RF systems, signal processing techniques like FFT and channel estimation, and experience with lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers and oscilloscopes to solve complex broadband access and satellite communication challenges.

Skills

C C++ Firmware Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing RF Systems Wi-Fi LTE 5G MAC Layer Network Protocols FFT Unit Testing Debugging Performance Optimization

What you'll do

Design, implement, test, and maintain physical and MAC layer software for the Starlink communications network.
Architect current and next-generation Starlink hardware and signal processing algorithms.
Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, verification, and launch procedures.
Develop prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Manage the complete software lifecycle including development, testing, and support.
Execute cross-layer integration of the end-to-end system with other engineering teams.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline.
2+ years of professional software engineering experience programming with C or C++ in lieu of a degree.
Experience working with wireless software or network protocols.
Strong knowledge of wireless communications, signal processing, and/or network protocols (preferred).
Knowledge of RF systems and fundamentals such as noise figure, link budget, and non-linearity (preferred).
Experience writing software for RF/mixed-signal integrated circuits and/or systems (preferred).
Familiarity with design and implementation of Digital Signal Processing algorithms and techniques (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.

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