FPGA Engineer (Starshield) is open at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The posting gives a salary of $125K - $160K. Posted on Oct 14, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Deliver highly reliable firmware for SpaceX-designed hardware Work with engineers across the department to develop new products, from prototype through production and flight Take ownership of your firmware products, including verification testing and writing documentation Follow the SpaceX flight software development process and write great firmware for spaceflight Work in close collaboration with avionics…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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