Senior DSP & Silicon Engineer - RF & Beamforming

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical, vision, dental

Job summary

SpaceX Irvine, CA seeks a Sr. DSP Systems Engineer (Silicon Engineering) to develop next-generation ASICs for Starlink and space applications. You will collaborate with systems, firmware, architecture, validation teams to push RF sensing and satellite broadband performance.

The role emphasizes hardware-aware DSP modeling, beamforming, MIMO, and modem algorithms, with opportunities to influence silicon bring-up, on-orbit demonstrations, and system validation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical/computer engineering, physics, math, or other STEM discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in system-level modeling, digital signal processing, or RF/wireless system design.

Responsibilities

• Drive program-level decisions on sensor firmware, software, and AI-driven architecture for large-scale RF sensing and satellite broadband systems
• Research and develop novel solutions incorporating advanced digital beamforming, massive MIMO, and direct-to-device technology for on-orbit and ground-based applications
• Design, model, and test algorithms for system-level and link-level performance, including floating-point/fixed-point simulations of modem, beamforming, and sensor data processing
• Work in close collaboration with ASIC/FPGA, RF/antenna, and software engineers to design, validate, and bring up silicon-based RF sensing and communication systems
• Generate spacecraft/consumer equipment specifications, requirements, test procedures, and bit-/cycle-accurate vectors; support silicon bring-up, on-orbit demonstrations, and system validation
• Analyze overall system performance (including link budgets, impairments, and multi-access schemes) and implement system test plans under dynamic program needs

Skills

sensor firmware

AI-driven architecture

digital beamforming

massive MIMO

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

GNU Radio

ASIC/FPGA

RF/antenna

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering, physics, math, or STEM

Master’s degree in electrical engineering with emphasis in communication systems / DSP

Tools

MATLAB

C/C++

Python

GNU Radio

Verilog/VHDL

Job description

SpaceX Irvine, CA seeks a Sr. DSP Systems Engineer (Silicon Engineering) to develop next-generation ASICs for Starlink and space applications. You will collaborate with systems, firmware, architecture, validation teams to push RF sensing and satellite broadband performance.

The role emphasizes hardware-aware DSP modeling, beamforming, MIMO, and modem algorithms, with opportunities to influence silicon bring-up, on-orbit demonstrations, and system validation efforts.