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Sr. Wi-Fi Software Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Product Engineering
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Palo Alto, CA$175k - $270kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Wi-Fi software engineer role at SpaceX for Starlink, focusing on delivering an end-to-end customer Wi-Fi experience, driving the software roadmap, and collaborating with RF/EE teams to optimize performance and deployment processes.

Responsibilities

  • Driving the Wi-Fi software and product roadmap
  • Debug and optimize kernel-level system performance
  • Collaborate with our RF and EE engineers to improving our testing procedures for both software and hardware
  • Mentor software engineers and building a great work culture
  • Improve our Wi-Fi mesh performance
  • Invent new tools that enable more frequent and reliable software deployment, test execution, and data analysis as part of a continuous integration and release system

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in software development; or 7+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of degree
  • 3+ years development experience in C or C++
  • Experience with the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard and with networking protocols (UDP, TCP/IP, etc.)
  • Experience working on embedded software for networking equipment

Skills

Required:C/C++ developmentIEEE 802.11Networking protocolsEmbedded software for networking equipment
Nice to have:Leadership and mentoringTesting and CI/CDGolang and PythonHostAP

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan and potential stock-based incentives
  • various other discounts and perks
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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