Sr. Optical Network Engineer (Starlink) is open at SpaceX in Redmond, WA. The posting gives a salary of $165K - $270K. Posted on Sep 10, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Design and develop optical connectivity solutions for the Starlink ground network infrastructure Develop and maintain lab and production test stations for new product qualification and root cause analysis of operational fleet hardware Develop modular, reusable test and automation software in Python for engineering design verification Work with ground networking and space network teams to scale the Starlink network…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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