New Grad Security Software Engineer (Starshield)

Future Ventures; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX in the United States is seeking a NEW GRADUATE ENGINEER, SECURITY SOFTWARE - '26/'27 (STARSHIELD). The Starshield team builds highly secure systems using Starlink technology for government use, focusing on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads.

As a Security Software Engineer you will influence software security across Starshield, with emphasis on cryptography, cryptographic services, and secure boot concepts, while collaborating with multiple engineering teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline.
• Experience with one or more software development languages (i.e. Python, C++, Golang).
• Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise/large-scale infrastructure.
• Graduating in the class of 2026 or 2027.

Responsibilities

• Design and build security infrastructure for Starshield, including cryptographic services and other security-critical services
• Develop security features for Starshield systems, including our router, dish, gateways, and satellites
• Design security into factory processes and provide network services in support of this
• Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via both direct implementation and recommendations to other teams
• Build prototypes and help identify, design, and test security improvements

Skills

Software engineering

Applied cryptography

Network security

Operating system security

Secure/authenticated boot

Incident response and adversary detect

Vulnerability research

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

TPMs

HSMs

Job description

SpaceX in the United States is seeking a NEW GRADUATE ENGINEER, SECURITY SOFTWARE - '26/'27 (STARSHIELD). The Starshield team builds highly secure systems using Starlink technology for government use, focusing on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads.

As a Security Software Engineer you will influence software security across Starshield, with emphasis on cryptography, cryptographic services, and secure boot concepts, while collaborating with multiple engineering teams to