Senior RF Software Engineer – Satellite Communications

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. RF Software Engineer for the Starlink program in Texas. You will work with RF engineers, DSP, software, and hardware teams to design RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low Earth orbit.

You will design and build RF test benches, automate test sequences, and collaborate to validate RF systems across full design cycles, with opportunities to advance SpaceX’s satellite network and in-house capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional development experience in C/C++ or Python.
• Experience with radio test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, and network analyzers.
• Experience with antennas or communication systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive program-level decisions on RF system designs
• Research novel solutions for large-scale satellite RF systems
• Design, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for full characterization of RF designs using VNA, VSG, VSA, spectrum analyzers, and RF meters
• Design and build modular RF test infrastructure and test automation sequences in Python and C++ to support design validation, qualification, and production
• Work with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware to evaluate performance

Skills

C/C++

Python

RF concepts

Antennas/communication systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree in electrical engineering (preferred)

Tools

Spectrum analyzers

Vector network analyzers

Vector signal generators

Oscilloscopes

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. RF Software Engineer for the Starlink program in Texas. You will work with RF engineers, DSP, software, and hardware teams to design RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low Earth orbit.

You will design and build RF test benches, automate test sequences, and collaborate to validate RF systems across full design cycles, with opportunities to advance SpaceX’s satellite network and in-house capabilities.