RF Silicon Software Engineer – Starlink & RFIC Systems

SpaceX; Union Hill-Novelty Hill (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock incentives

Comprehensive benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Shuttle service

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an RF Silicon Software Engineer to bring new silicon to life by building the low-level software infrastructure for Starlink satellites, ground systems, and user terminals.

The role sits at the intersection of hardware and embedded software, emphasizing ownership, debugging, performance, and driver development for high-performance wireless systems. Washington state office; competitive compensation and full SpaceX benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics.
• 1+ years professional development in C, C++, or Python.
• Experience with embedded software and hardware systems.
• Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing.
• Familiarity with FPGA design and SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Bring up new RF silicon as the first engineer to power up chips.
• Design and build modular driver libraries for low-level silicon control.
• Create hardware test platforms and automated tests; validate on hardware/FPGA.
• Support software integration with flight software teams.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics or physics

Tools

FPGA design

HDLs (SystemVerilog)

Register access (low-level)

Schematic & PCB reading

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an RF Silicon Software Engineer to bring new silicon to life by building the low-level software infrastructure for Starlink satellites, ground systems, and user terminals.

The role sits at the intersection of hardware and embedded software, emphasizing ownership, debugging, performance, and driver development for high-performance wireless systems. Washington state office; competitive compensation and full SpaceX benefits.