Principal Wireless Software Engineer – TeraWave Networking
About The Position
As a Principal Wireless Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical cornerstone of our networking team as we move from concept to orbital reality. You will architect the wireless protocols that allow our satellites to function as a unified, high-performance fabric. This is a high-impact leadership role focused on the intelligence driving our wireless system, where you will not simply implement existing standards, but architect a custom, high-efficiency Media Access Control (MAC) layer capable of managing multi-gigabit throughput in a highly dynamic, non-terrestrial environment. You will lead the technical strategy for orchestrating wireless resources, ensuring low-latency packet delivery, and integrating wireless technologies into a cohesive, space-hardened network.
Requirements
- Graduate degree (MS or PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 12+ years of professional software development experience in wireless networking
- 5+ years in a principal or lead architectural role
- Deep expertise in the fundamentals of wireless communication systems, including modulation, coding, link budget analysis, and multi-user access schemes
- Extensive experience designing and implementing MAC and PHY layers across standards such as 3GPP (4G/5G), IEEE 802.11 (WiFi), or 802.16 (WiMAX)
- Expert-level C/C++ skills within Linux-based real-time (RTOS) or high-performance user-space environments
- Proven track record of building high-performance packet processing engines and managing low-level memory and buffer architectures
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience developing flight or ground software for LEO/MEO satellite constellations such as Starlink, Project Kuiper, or OneWeb
- Experience designing proprietary wireless protocols beyond off-the-shelf standards for specialized hardware environments
- Familiarity with Software Defined Networking (SDN) principles as applied to wireless backhaul and core networks
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and end-to-end ownership of custom wireless MAC protocols specifically optimized for high-velocity LEO satellite links, including inter-satellite and ground-to-space applications
- Develop sophisticated resource allocation, scheduling, and interference mitigation algorithms that leverage principles from 3GPP, WiFi, and WiMAX, optimized for orbital dynamics
- Architect high-speed dataplanes using frameworks such as DPDK or VPP, ensuring the software stack can handle massive throughput with minimal jitter and CPU overhead
- Collaborate closely with PHY and RF teams to define the software-hardware interface, ensuring tight integration between signal processing and protocol logic
- Define the technical roadmap for the wireless stack, performing trade-off analyses between latency, reliability, and spectral efficiency
- Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor to senior and staff-level engineers, driving best practices in embedded software and wireless systems design
Benefits
- Medical
- dental
- vision
- basic and supplemental life insurance
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- up to 14 company-paid holidays
- benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
