About the position
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. The Starship team supports the mission to revolutionize orbital flight and space travel- opening access for humankind to establish new frontiers in space and ultimately become a multi-planetary species. Our team builds some of the most advanced electronics ever flown in space- at a cost and rate previously considered unthinkable in the space industry. Become a part of this fast moving and world class hardware development team, work with super smart and motivated engineers, and achieve truly audacious goals. If you're ready for a challenge and would like to help make our civilization multi-planetary then you've come to the right place!
Responsibilities
- Deliver highly reliable firmware and gateware for SpaceX-designed hardware
- Design and implement signal processing algorithms relating to communications and sensing systems
- Work in close collaboration with avionics and software engineers to create and validate FPGA designs and contribute to hardware design trades
- Own the end-to-end results of your products, from requirements gathering through production and flight, including verification and documentation
- Follow the SpaceX flight software development process and write great firmware for spaceflight
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math or other engineering discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working with complex digital designs
- Experience in different stages of FPGA development: RTL design, verification, synthesis, timing analysis, lab bring up/validation
- Experience integrating logic onto SoC platforms and designing high-throughput PS/PL interfaces
- Experience developing firmware for Xilinx FPGA platforms using the Xilinx toolchain
- Experience developing and testing high reliability, safety critical, and fault tolerant systems
- Hardware debug experience, including familiarity with tools such as the oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol analyzer (SPI, CAN, Ethernet or similar)
- Experience developing software for embedded systems in C or C++, or significant experience in another software language
- Familiarity with common electronic components and comfortable reading circuit design schematics and contributing to hardware design discussions
- Familiarity with communication theory and signal processing algorithms
- Experience working with software defined radios (SDR)
- Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills
- Experience using Python, Matlab, or similar
Benefits
- Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX.
- You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
- Potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short & long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various other discounts and perks.
- 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
