Sr. Software Engineer (Starlink Enterprise)

Palo Alto - 1200full timeOn Site

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senior

$160k–$225k

H1B: no

SpaceX The Sr. Wireless Software Engineer designs, implements, tests, and maintains physical and MAC layer software for the Starlink communications network. This role involves working on firmware, embedded, and signal processing software running on custom hardware for the world’s largest satellite constellation.

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.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceCreative approach to problem solvingStrong skills in debugging

Required

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline; 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.

Preferred

Strong knowledge of wireless communications, signal processing and/or network protocols.
Knowledge of RF systems and fundamentals: noise figure, link budget, non-linearity.
Experience writing software for RF/mixed-signal integrated circuits and/or systems, such as phase-locked loops, mixers, data-converters, RF attenuators.
Familiar with design and implementation of Digital Signal Processing algorithms and techniques: FFT, time and frequency domain equalizer, channel estimation, pilot tracking, digital pre-distortion, doppler compensation.
Experience with lab equipment such as RF spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope.
Experience in any of physical and/or MAC layers in broadband access technologies such as: Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G or satellite broadband.
Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills and engineering fundamentals.
Strong skills in debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing.

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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