Wireless Software Engineer, Satellite Internet

United States Digital Space LLC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k)

Medical, vision, dental

Job summary

SpaceX's Starlink program is seeking a Wireless Software Engineer to design, implement, and test firmware, embedded, and signal processing software for the world’s largest satellite network. You will work on physical and MAC layer software and cross-layer integration to enable real-time connectivity.

The role requires C/C++ proficiency, wireless protocol knowledge, and RF fundamentals, plus debugging, optimization, and collaboration in a dynamic space environment. Extended hours may be needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, 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

C/C++

Embedded software

Wireless protocols

Signal processing

RF systems

Debugging

Unit testing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

RF spectrum analyzer

Oscilloscope

Network analyzer

FFT tools

Job description

SpaceX's Starlink program is seeking a Wireless Software Engineer to design, implement, and test firmware, embedded, and signal processing software for the world’s largest satellite network. You will work on physical and MAC layer software and cross-layer integration to enable real-time connectivity.

The role requires C/C++ proficiency, wireless protocol knowledge, and RF fundamentals, plus debugging, optimization, and collaboration in a dynamic space environment. Extended hours may be needed.