New Graduate Engineer, Software Security

About the Role

SpaceX is developing Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system, with the goal of enabling human life on Mars. As a New Graduate Engineer, Software Security for Starlink, you will help build secure, defensible systems from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build security critical infrastructure for Starlink.
• Develop security features for Starlink systems, including the router, dish, gateways, and satellites.
• Design security into factory processes and provide network services in support of this.
• Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via both direct implementation and recommendations to other teams.
• Build prototypes and help identify, design, and test security improvements.
• Further the mission of providing secure and reliable Internet to underserved communities.

Skills

As a Security Software Engineer, you will influence the security of software across space and terrestrial systems. Notable skills in one or more of the following are ideal:

• Software engineering
• Applied cryptography
• Network security
• Operating system security
• Secure/Authenticated boot
• Incident response and adversary detection
• Vulnerability research

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline.
• Experience with one or more software development languages (i.e., Python, C++, Golang).
• Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise/large-scale infrastructure.
• Graduating in the class of 2026 or 2027.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Designing secure systems.
• Experience contributing security improvements to complex systems.
• Experience working with special purpose security hardware such as Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).
• Experienced in navigating large, complex, interactive systems.
• Flexibility, communicating clearly, and establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with other engineering teams.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity and to learn new technologies quickly.
• Advanced degree in a technical or engineering discipline.

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

ITAR Requirements

• 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, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.