Senior Wireless Software Engineer: RF & DSP Leader

United States Digital Space LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

Paid time off

Shuttle from Seattle to Redmond

Job summary

Starlink is seeking a Sr. Wireless Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain the wireless software stack for the Starlink communications network.

You will work on firmware, embedded systems, and real-time networking algorithms across hardware platforms. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or 2+ years with C/C++, experience with wireless protocols, RF concepts, and hands-on lab work with spectrum analyzers and test equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM; OR 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, programming with C or C++ in lieu of a degree.
• Experience working with wireless software or network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and maintain physical and MAC layer software of the wireless software stack for the Starlink communications network.
• Participate in architecting current and next-gen Starlink hardware and signal processing algorithms.
• Participate in hardware bring-up, debugging, verification and launch.
• Work with other teams for cross-layer integration of the end-to-end system.
• Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Collaborate with other engineers to plan and organize the development of our products.

Skills

Wireless communications

Signal processing

Network protocols

RF fundamentals

DSP algorithms

Debugging

Performance optimization

Unit testing

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or STEM (or 2+ years with C/C++)

Tools

RF spectrum analyzer

Network analyzer

Oscilloscope

Signal generator

Job description

Starlink is seeking a Sr. Wireless Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain the wireless software stack for the Starlink communications network.

You will work on firmware, embedded systems, and real-time networking algorithms across hardware platforms. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or 2+ years with C/C++, experience with wireless protocols, RF concepts, and hands-on lab work with spectrum analyzers and test equipment.