SpaceX
Product Security Engineer (Starlink)
About this role
SpaceX seeks a Product Security Engineer to design and implement security infrastructure for Starlink's satellite broadband system. You'll develop cryptographic services, secure boot mechanisms, and security features across routers, dishes, gateways, and satellites while maintaining production systems and improving security posture.
What you'll do
- Design and build security infrastructure including cryptographic services for Starlink systems
- Develop security features for routers, dishes, gateways, and satellites
- Design security into factory processes and supporting network services
- Maintain production systems and recommend security improvements to other teams
- Build prototypes and identify, design, and test security enhancements
- Support secure and reliable internet delivery to underserved communities
What they're looking for
- Software development (Python, C++, Golang)
- Applied cryptography and cryptographic primitives
- Operating system and network security
- Secure/authenticated boot mechanisms
- Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)
- TCP/IP and UDP protocol knowledge
- Incident response and vulnerability research
- Large-scale distributed systems security
Benefits
- Work on world's largest satellite constellation
- Impact global internet access to underserved communities
- Contribute to inter-planetary scale mission
- Collaborate with top engineering teams
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SpaceX
SpaceX develops advanced spacecraft and satellite systems, including the Starshield government satellite constellation and Starfall re-entry cargo capsule for global delivery. The company is hiring engineers in avionics integration, software test automation, mechanical design, and hardware reliability to validate flight-critical systems and ensure mission success.
- Website
- spacex.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience designing and implementing security solutions for large-scale infrastructure. What was the most complex system you've worked on?
- Walk us through how you would approach securing a distributed satellite network with thousands of nodes.