About this role
About the Role SpaceX Starlink RF Software Engineer will work with RF, DSP, hardware and software teams to design and build RF capabilities for proliferated communications and remote sensing in low earth orbit. You will drive RF system designs, build and validate test benches, and automate testing to enable rapid development from design to operational capability.
What You'll Do
- Drive program-level decisions on RF system designs
- Research novel solutions for large-scale satellite RF systems
- Design, build, validate, and automate RF test benches for full characterization of custom RF designs, often involving vector network analyzers, vector signal generators, vector signal analyzers, spectrum analyzers, load pulls, RF power meters, high-speed oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment
- Design and build modular, scalable RF test infrastructure and test automation sequences in Python and C++ to support design validation, qualification, and production
- Work in close collaboration with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software engineers to design and validate RF systems
- Create electromagnetic simulation models of hardware to design and evaluate performance
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- 5+ years of professional development experience in C/C++ or Python
- Experience with radio test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, and network analyzers
- Experience with antennas or communication systems
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- Experience with testing both active and passive RF devices such as filters, amplifiers, mixers, and upconverters/downconverters
- Experience with common RF concepts such as gain, linearity, P1dB, ACLR, EVM, PAE, S-parameters, and input/output matching
- Experience with software design principles, software architecture, design patterns, and unit/integration testing methodology
- Experience with environmental test methodologies and equipment such as thermal chambers and temperature forcing systems
- Experience in troubleshooting interactions between software and hardware, such as network devices and lab instrumentation
- Experience using Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience with configuration management and version control software