Senior RF Software Engineer — Satellite Internet

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX's Starlink program seeks a Sr. RF Software Engineer to design and validate RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit. You will collaborate with RF, hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software teams to iterate from design to production rapidly.

The role emphasizes building automated RF test benches, simulation models, and scalable test infrastructure, with hands-on use of lab equipment and cross-functional engagement to accelerate delivery.

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 unique large-scale satellite RF systems
• Design, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for full characterization of custom RF designs, often involving vector network analyzers (VNA), vector signal generators (VSG), vector signal analyzers (VSA), spectrum analyzers, load pulls, RF power meters, high-speed oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment
• Design and build modular, scalable RF test infrastructure and test automation sequences in Python and C++ to support design validation, qualification, and production
• Work in close collaboration with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems
• Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware to design and evaluate performance

Skills

C/C++

Python

RF engineering

Linux

Windows

RF testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

VNA

VSG

VSA

Spectrum analyzers

Network analyzers

Job description

SpaceX's Starlink program seeks a Sr. RF Software Engineer to design and validate RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit. You will collaborate with RF, hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software teams to iterate from design to production rapidly.

The role emphasizes building automated RF test benches, simulation models, and scalable test infrastructure, with hands-on use of lab equipment and cross-functional engagement to accelerate delivery.