Sr. Software Engineer, Starlink Network

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["C","C++","Assembly","UDP","TCP/IP","Real-time","DPDK","XDP","EBPF","Networking"]

Senior software engineer on SpaceX’s Starlink program; responsible for developing real-time software for gateways, satellites, user terminals, and switches within a low-latency, high-capacity satellite network. You’ll lead architecture reviews, prototype new concepts, build deployment tools, and contribute to a continuous integration/release pipeline, delivering software with measurable global impact.

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SpaceX
4 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer, Starlink Network

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Job Summary

Senior software engineer on SpaceX’s Starlink program; responsible for developing real-time software for gateways, satellites, user terminals, and switches within a low-latency, high-capacity satellite network. You’ll lead architecture reviews, prototype new concepts, build deployment tools, and contribute to a continuous integration/release pipeline, delivering software with measurable global impact.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop highly reliable, real-time software designed to run on the gateways, satellites, user terminals, and switches that make up our low latency, high capacity satellite-based global network.
  • •Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
  • •Develop prototypes and manage experiments to prove out key design concepts.
  • •Develop tools for software development and deployment, data analysis and visualization, and test execution across multiple environments, including virtualized hardware environments, real hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and on-orbit testing.
  • •Deploy reliable software, test execution, and data analysis as part of a continuous integration and release system.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 225,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kRetirementPaid LeavePar ParentalEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in software development; OR 7+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree.
  • •Development experience in C, C++, or assembly.
Experience:5+ yearsSpaceTelecommunicationsSatellite
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CC++AssemblyUDPTCP/IPReal-timeDPDKXDPEBPFNetworking
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CC++AssemblyDPDKXDPEBPFUDPTCP/IP

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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