Sr. Wi-Fi Software Engineer (Starlink)

Bastrop, TX💼 Full-time💰 $175,000–$175,000🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing and optimizing Wi-Fi software and mesh performance for Starlink satellite internet terminals to deliver broadband to remote users globally.

Role type

Senior IC Wi-Fi software engineer (embedded systems)

Builds

Customer kits (satellite internet terminals) for Starlink

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / Embedded Networking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C/C++, IEEE 802.11, TCP/IP, embedded software, kernel-level debugging, Wi-Fi mesh optimization, CI/CD tooling

Preferred skills

Golang, Python, Linux bridge, network stack internals, kernel modules/drivers, security in distributed systems, hostAP

Technologies

C, C++, Golang, Python, Linux, hostAP

Responsibilities

Drive Wi-Fi software and product roadmap; Debug and optimize kernel-level system performance; Collaborate with RF and EE engineers to improve testing procedures; Mentor software engineers; Improve Wi-Fi mesh performance; Invent new tools for software deployment and data analysis

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship

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About spacex

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing20010Hawthorne, California, USFounded 2002

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s 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 Eart