# Photonics Engineer - Fiber Amplifiers, Satellites (Starlink) at SpaceX

- Company: SpaceX
- What the company does: SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://www.spacex.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Redmond, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-05
- Apply by: 2026-11-19
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8867559002?gh_jid=8867559002&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-photonics-engineer-fiber-amplifiers-satellites-starlink/

## About the role

Starlink is the world’s largest satellite constellation and the leading global satellite internet provider. The laser communications team develops the high-power optical links that interconnect Starlink satellites enabling a high-throughput, low-latency global network. This role focuses on the fiber amplifier systems that are central to those links: high-performance, high-reliability amplifiers that must operate in the extreme thermal, radiation, and vacuum environment of space. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in physics, optics, electrical engineering, or other engineering/STEM discipline
- 2+ years of hands-on laboratory or work experience in fiber-based optical systems/networks, integrated photonics chips, or fiber laser technology (university lab, student project, or internship experience qualifies)
- 1+ years of experience in a computer programming language (e.g. C++, MATLAB, and/or Python)
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Tags: Satellite Bus Engineering

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