New Graduate Engineer, Software - '26/'27 (Starlink)

The role

Software engineers will solve challenges for the Starlink program across various areas including networking, firmware, infrastructure, and physics based software. You will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of the software including development, testing, and support.

What you will do

• Develop highly reliable, real-time software.
• Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Develop prototypes and manage experiments to prove out key design concepts.
• Collaborate with other engineers to plan and organize the development of products.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or other STEM discipline.
• Professional development experience in C, C++, Python, C# or another object oriented language (internship experience is applicable).
• Graduating in the class of 2026 or 2027.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Nice to have

• Strong professional/project experience writing software in a production environment.
• Developed, debugged and deployed software that has been used in real world applications/projects.
• Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills and engineering fundamentals.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements.
• Experience with networking protocols (UDP, TCP/IP, etc) and distributed systems.
• Experience in security issues associated with distributed systems and internet services.

Benefits

• Company stock or long-term cash awards
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law
• Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the Redmond office

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, o

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. They are leveraging experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink, a large satellite constellation providing broadband internet.