New Graduate Engineer, Security Software (Starshield)
SpaceX · Washington, DC
About this role
**SpaceX — New Graduate Engineer, Security Software (Starshield) | ’26/’27** SpaceX was founded with the belief that humanity exploring the stars is more exciting than staying on Earth. Today, SpaceX is building the technologies to make that possible—ultimately enabling human life on Mars. **About Starshield** Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on **earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads**. The Starshield team is building highly reliable in-space mesh networks, designing secure systems to guarantee access to space, and developing next-gen communication and sensing software. **Role Overview** As a **Security Software Engineer**, you will influence the security of software across product lines. We’re looking for people who have shipped reliable software and have a broad understanding of modern Internet security design, including the cryptographic primitives involved. You can see the big picture, prioritize accordingly, and work comfortably across different levels of abstraction. **Ideal Skills (one or more)** - Software engineering - Applied cryptography - Network security - Operating system security - Secure/authenticated boot - Incident response and adversary detection - Vulnerability research **Responsibilities** - Design and build security infrastructure for Starshield, including cryptographic services and other security-critical services - Develop security features for Starshield systems (router, dish, gateways, satellites) - Design security into factory processes and provide network services in support of this - Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via direct implementation and recommendations to other teams - Build prototypes and help identify, design, and test security improvements **Basic Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another STEM discipline - Experience with one or more software development languages (e.g., Python, C++, Go) - 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 more** *Additional details were not included in the provided description.*
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