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Embedded Software Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Product Engineering
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Embedded Software Engineer role for Starlink at SpaceX, focused on developing software for custom hardware and scalable systems across millions of devices, with responsibilities spanning design, development, testing, and deployment in a fast-moving satellite internet environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant consumer devices and gateways that operate for long periods of time with minimal maintenance for millions of users
  • Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews
  • Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
  • Work with the Starlink factory to manufacture devices in-house
  • Write quality Linux based software for common processors and microcontrollers (e.g. ARM, RISC V, etc.)
  • Develop systems that allow for test execution across multiple environments such as virtualized hardware or real hardware-in-the-loop simulations
  • 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 a STEM discipline and 1+ years of professional experience in software engineering; OR 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree
  • Development experience in C, C++, Golang, Python, or Rust
  • Experience with embedded or low level systems development

Skills

Required:CC++Embedded/low-level systems
Nice to have:GolangPythonRust
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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