# Senior 5G MAC Software Engineer at E-Space

- Company: E-Space
- What the company does: E-Space is a global space company, bridging Earth and space with the world’s most sustainable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network to advance humanity, protect the planet, and enable smarter business. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://e-space.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-26
- Apply by: 2026-11-10
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/espace/a56f2973-e4b2-44d4-a4c7-3571242dd24c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/e-space-senior-5g-mac-software-engineer/

## About the role

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place! This is a full time, exempt position, based out of our Santa Clara office. The target base pay for this position is $140,000 - $200,000 annually. The total compensation packaged will be determined by various factors such as your relevant job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

## What they're looking for

- Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering embedded C/C++ software for a wireless modem, baseband, or comparable real-time, resource-constrained system
- Practical knowledge of 5G NR MAC and relevant 3GPP specifications, including terrestrial operation, scheduling, HARQ, random access, and MAC-PHY interactions
- Hands-on experience debugging heterogeneous SoCs and hardware-software interfaces involving shared memory, mailboxes, interrupts, DMA or similar data movement, cache coherency, and multicore synchronization
- Experience developing embedded Linux software and working with an RTOS
- Working knowledge of digital communications and DSP sufficient to understand PHY processing constraints, timing, and data flow
- Ability to decompose complex systems into clear components and interfaces, make sound architectural tradeoffs, diagnose integration failures, and collaborate effectively across software and hardware teams

Tags: Engineering & Operations