Senior RF Silicon Software Engineer — Bring Up New Chips

SpaceX; Union Hill-Novelty Hill (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Washington state is seeking a Sr. RF Silicon Software Engineer to bring RF silicon to life by writing the low-level software that powers Starlink satellites, ground infra, and user terminals.

The role sits at the intersection of hardware and embedded software, requiring hands-on debugging, performance optimization, and experience with FPGA/HDL and RF systems. You’ll own driver libraries, test platforms, and integration across multiple flight software teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• 5+ years of professional development experience in C, C++, or Python.
• Hands-on debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing are valued.

Responsibilities

• Bring up new RF silicon as the first engineer to power up chips.
• Design and build modular, reusable production-ready software driver libraries for low-level silicon control.
• Design and build hardware test platforms and automated integration tests; validate on hardware or FPGA emulators.
• Support software integration with multiple project flight software teams such as satellite arrays and user terminals.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

Job description

SpaceX in Washington state is seeking a Sr. RF Silicon Software Engineer to bring RF silicon to life by writing the low-level software that powers Starlink satellites, ground infra, and user terminals.

The role sits at the intersection of hardware and embedded software, requiring hands-on debugging, performance optimization, and experience with FPGA/HDL and RF systems. You’ll own driver libraries, test platforms, and integration across multiple flight software teams.