Optical Transceiver Engineer — High-Speed Satellite Links

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Shuttle service from Seattle

Stock options and long-term incentives

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking an Optical Transceiver Engineer for high‑speed links in Starlink satellites. You will design, validate, and operate optical datacom systems for high bandwidth payload interconnects.

The role requires hands‑on lab experience in photonics, SERDES, and signal integrity, plus proficiency in Python and Linux. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, and manufacturing to deliver reliable, scalable transceivers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, or other engineering/STEM discipline.
• 1+ years of hands‑on laboratory or work experience in photonics, SERDES/optical DSP design, or signal integrity design (university lab, student project, or internship experience can apply)
• 1+ years of experience in a computer programming language (e.g. C++, MATLAB, and/or Python)

Responsibilities

• Apply interdisciplinary knowledge, spanning photonics, electrical engineering/signals, and mechanical engineering concepts to data communication system development, including design, analysis, and validation
• Represent the optical data communication network in program‑level, cross‑disciplinary trades and issue resolution
• Perform trade space analysis between various optical interconnect technologies and approaches to minimize SWaP‑C while meeting throughput and reliability/uptime requirements
• Participate in verification testing, including environmental qualification, functional qualification, reliability testing, and fault injection testing
• Review test data and lead anomaly investigation and resolution
• Maintain link models, design specifications, and system capabilities data
• Interface with manufacturing and supply chain teams to ensure final designs can be manufactured in accordance with overall project goals
• Collaborate with software and automation teams to develop tools and protocols for automated link tuning, operation and qualification
• Represent optical datacom systems for reliability and risk discussions with internal reliability teams, management, customers, and vendors

Skills

Photonic data communications

SERDES/optical DSP design

Signal integrity

Python scripting

Linux

C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics or engineering

Tools

Keysight ADS

VPI Photonics

Lumerical Interconnect

HFSS

Zemax

HFSS 3D Layout

CST

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking an Optical Transceiver Engineer for high‑speed links in Starlink satellites. You will design, validate, and operate optical datacom systems for high bandwidth payload interconnects.

The role requires hands‑on lab experience in photonics, SERDES, and signal integrity, plus proficiency in Python and Linux. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams across hardware, software, and manufacturing to deliver reliable, scalable transceivers.