Flight Software Engineer (Starlink Mobile)
About The Position
Starlink Mobile is SpaceX's next-generation mobile network, connecting human beings all around the globe anywhere they can see the sky. We are in the early days of one of the most ambitious mega projects humanity has ever undertaken. Flight Software is where all the disciplines at SpaceX come together. As flight software engineers, we are fully responsible for our spacecraft from cradle to fiery grave: for turning an idea, then a collection of parts, into a living, breathing, spacecraft. We work closely with electrical, mechanical, RF, thermal, propulsion, and guidance and control engineers to design, build, and fly some of the most sophisticated spacecraft in the world at a scale no-one else approaches. We own the full stack from the bare metal microcontroller firmware that drives our custom silicon, to Linux kernels and drivers on our larger CPUs and FPGAs, to the realtime phased array control, network control, and vehicle control that flies our satellites. We are a small, tight-knit team with a relentless focus on speed, simplicity, reliability, and performance. To succeed in this role you must be a technically excellent first-principles problem solver, a passionately curious self-starter with a love for solving hard problems quickly, simply, and permanently in high-impact situations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or other engineering, math, or science discipline.
- Experience in C, C++, Rust, or other low-level systems programming language.
Nice To Haves
- Experience writing bare-metal software for embedded devices.
- Experience writing Rust, C, or C++ in a production environment.
- Experience with network protocols, operating systems, and compilers.
- Experience owning software through design, development, testing, and deployment.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with rapidly changing needs and requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Extreme curiosity and a burning desire to push systems to the physics limit of simplicity and performance
Responsibilities
- Develop mission critical flight software to fly thousands of spacecraft in one of the harshest environments known to man.
- Develop cutting edge RF software to drive some of the most sophisticated phased arrays in existence right to their physics limit.
- Develop performance critical network software to turn thousands of nodes hurtling around Earth at Mach 20 into the world's largest network.
- Own your software end-to-end from prototyping and design through implementation, test, deployment, and support.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law (for employees in Washington State)
- Company shuttles offered to employees 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
