Embedded Software Engineer, Laser Mesh Routing (Starlink)
About The Position
As a member of the Platform Core team, the Embedded Software Engineer will build and maintain low-level software for the AI supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh of satellites. The role focuses on a lean, reliable Linux-based operating system, high-performance device drivers, and software that interfaces directly with core hardware and network fabric. The engineer will also support production deployment and operations, diagnose and resolve system anomalies, improve observability and configuration-management tools, and collaborate with hardware teams and external partners to bring up software on next-generation hardware.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a science discipline, or at least 2 years of professional software-development experience in lieu of a degree; internship experience is applicable.
- Hands-on system-programming experience in C or C++.
Nice To Haves
- Deep knowledge of the Linux kernel and its networking stack, or experience with another production-grade kernel.
- Proficiency with debugging tools spanning kernel, network, and userspace, such as ftrace, perf, Wireshark/tcpdump, eBPF, and gdb.
- Experience bringing up new hardware from scratch, such as flashing bare-metal software on a microcontroller with JTAG or bootstrapping a Linux kernel and root filesystem on new hardware.
- A demonstrated track record of developing and optimizing device or peripheral drivers, ideally for high-speed interfaces or with advanced considerations such as DMA and cache coherency.
- Understanding of peripheral hardware interface standards such as Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, and SPI, including the ability to critically review schematics and debug these interfaces.
- Experience with product security, operating-system or system hardening, and secure-boot schemes.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a lean, high-reliability Linux-based operating system for the supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh.
- Write or rewrite high-performance device drivers to maximize the physical capability of network and compute hardware.
- Manage production deployment, operation, and debugging of the platform.
- Investigate, resolve, and root-cause anomalies to continually improve system reliability.
- Develop and improve observability and configuration-management tools.
- Collaborate with hardware teams and external partners to design next-generation supercomputer hardware and bring up the operating system and software stack on it.
Benefits
- Potential long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
- Potential discretionary bonuses.
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Comprehensive medical coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various other discounts and perks.
- Accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office, Monday to Friday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
