Embedded Software Engineer, Laser Mesh Routing (Starlink) is open at SpaceX in Palo Alto, CA. The posting gives a salary of $125K - $165K. Posted on Oct 22, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Build and maintain the lean, high-reliability Linux-based operating system that underpins our supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh of satellites. Write (or rewrite) high-performance device drivers to extract the maximum physical capability from our network and compute hardware. Manage deployment, operation, and debugging of our platform in production, including: Rigorous resolution and root-causing…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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