Wi-Fi Software Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Wi-Fi Software Engineer to join our Starlink team at SpaceX. As a critical member of the customer experience team, you will drive the Wi-Fi software and product roadmap, collaborating with our RF and EE engineers to improve testing procedures and mentoring software engineers.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline and 1 years of professional experience in software development; or 3 years of professional experience in software development in lieu of degree
• 1 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

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Strong fundamental knowledge of networks, embedded systems, math, and physics
• Solid communication and leadership skills
• Experience testing Wi-Fi for Performance or Stability
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & continuous monitoring
• Knowledge of DHCP, IPv4, IPv6, Linux bridge, network stack internals
• Experience with networking kernel modules and drivers
• Experience driving cross-team projects
• Experience with security issues associated with distributed systems and internet services
• Experience with Golang and Python
• Experience with hostAP
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements