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SpaceX

Wireless Systems Engineer (Starlink Mobile)

SpaceX

Published 15 May 2026
Sunnyvale, CA
135K - 185K USD Annual
Full Time

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Role Highlights

Languages used

MATLAB
Python
C++

Key skills

Data Analysis
Computer Science
Written Communication
System Design
Signal Processing
Wireless
KPI
Mathematics
PhD
Debugging
Modelling
Optimization

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

Unreal Engine

Description

The role involves designing and developing wireless communications algorithms to enhance system performance for satellite constellations and future networks. The engineer will focus on MAC and PHY layer algorithm optimization, including link adaptation, power control, and timing advance. Responsibilities include designing complex scheduling algorithms that manage user traffic across multiple beams while adhering to latency and quality of service constraints. The position requires analyzing interference patterns and identifying performance issues on-orbit to propose technical solutions. Furthermore, the role entails conducting link and system-level simulations to evaluate protocol stack performance and collaborating with software teams to deploy these algorithms into production.

Required Qualifications and Skills

Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a STEM discipline along with at least one year of engineering experience, or five years of professional experience in lieu of a degree. Required technical expertise includes working with MAC and PHY layer protocols and algorithms used in cellular base stations, as well as experience with 3GPP protocols. Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree or PhD in wireless communication systems and prior experience with production wireless networks. Applicants must also meet ITAR requirements as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

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About the company

SpaceX

Size

13529

Founded

HQ

Hawthorne, US

Description

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the worlds most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.

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