SpaceX is looking to solve the problem of providing fast and reliable internet to communities and businesses around the globe through its Starlink satellite constellation.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of wireless communications, signal processing and/or network protocols.
- Knowledge of RF systems and fundamentals: noise figure, link budget, non-linearity.
- Experience writing software for RF/mixed-signal integrated circuits and/or systems, such as phase-locked loops, mixers, data-converters, RF attenuators.
- Familiar with design and implementation of Digital Signal Processing algorithms and techniques: FFT, time and frequency domain equalizer, channel estimation, pilot tracking, digital pre-distortion, doppler compensation.
- Experience with lab equipment such as RF spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope.
- Experience in any of physical and/or MAC layers in broadband access technologies such as: Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G or satellite broadband.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, and maintain physical and MAC layer software of the wireless software stack for the Starlink communications network.
- Participate in architecting current and next-gen Starlink hardware and signal processing algorithms.
- Participate in hardware bring-up, debugging, verification and launch.
- Work with other teams for cross-layer integration of the end-to-end system.
- Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Collaborate with other engineers to plan and organize the development of our products.
Other
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, programming with C or C++; OR 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, programming with C or C++ in lieu of a degree.
- 3+ years of professional experience working with wireless software or network protocols.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements.
