Senior RF Silicon Software Engineer (RFIC) — Power Up Chips

Spacex

Redmond (WA)

On-site

USD 165,000 - 270,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA, is seeking a Sr. RF Silicon Software Engineer (RFIC Engineering) to drive the low-level software that powers Starlink's RF silicon and related hardware.

You will join a multidisciplinary team focused on extreme ownership and solving tough RF and embedded software challenges. The role emphasizes bringing up new RF silicon, building modular driver libraries, developing HTIL/HIL test platforms, and supporting software integration with flight software teams across satellite

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
5+ years of professional development experience in C, C++, or Python.

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 (hardware-in-the-loop/HTIL/HIL) and automate integration and regression tests.
Support software integration into multiple project-specific flight software teams such as satellite phased-arrays and user terminal production.

Skills

C++

Python

RF software

Embedded software

Debugging

Education

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

Tools

FPGA design

HDLs (SystemVerilog)

PCB layouts

Reading schematics

Logic analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA, is seeking a Sr. RF Silicon Software Engineer (RFIC Engineering) to drive the low-level software that powers Starlink's RF silicon and related hardware.

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