Software Engineer, Starlink Network

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 125,000 - 175,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 2+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork"]

Join SpaceX as a Software Engineer on the Starlink Network to develop real-time software for gateways, satellites, and user terminals, participate in architecture reviews, run experiments, and build tools for deployment and data analysis. You’ll work across virtualized and on-orbit environments to improve low-latency, high-capacity satellite internet while contributing to a mission-driven team.

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Software Engineer, Starlink Network

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Job Summary

Join SpaceX as a Software Engineer on the Starlink Network to develop real-time software for gateways, satellites, and user terminals, participate in architecture reviews, run experiments, and build tools for deployment and data analysis. You’ll work across virtualized and on-orbit environments to improve low-latency, high-capacity satellite internet while contributing to a mission-driven team.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop highly reliable, real-time software for gateways, satellites, user terminals, and switches in SpaceX’s low-latency satellite network.
  • •Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
  • •Develop prototypes and experiments to prove out key design concepts.
  • •Develop tools for software development, deployment, data analysis, visualization, and test execution across multiple environments (virtualized, real hardware-in-the-loop, on-orbit testing).
  • •Deploy reliable software and data analysis as part of a continuous integration and release system.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 125,000 - 175,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceVision401kParental LeavePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience (internship experience applicable).
  • •Development experience in C, C++, or assembly.
Experience:2+ yearsSpaceSatelliteTelecommunicationsAerospace
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CC++AssemblyUDPTCP/IPReal-timeHardware-in-the-loopSoftware developmentCI/CD

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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