AMS Verification Engineer (RFIC Engineering)
SpaceX · Irvine, CA
Posted 23 days ago · $125,000.00 - $160,000.00
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 23 days SpaceX's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 52% of SpaceX's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SpaceX
- high 1459 stale, 43 reposted of 2,362 open
- Hiring momentum
- 3062 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SpaceX's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SpaceX.
About this role
As an AMS Verification Engineer at SpaceX, you will develop and own design verification flows for RFICs and RF-SoCs, working closely with cross-disciplinary teams. Your responsibilities will include creating testbenches, improving simulation accuracy, and developing behavioral models for mixed-signal circuits. This role is crucial for enhancing the performance of the Starlink network by enabling connectivity through advanced RFIC technology.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SpaceX as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of research and/or industry experience in the field of integrated circuit design/verification
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering discipline with emphasis in integrated circuit design/verification
- Experience with AMS simulation tools and flows
- Experience with annotated gate-level simulation within an AMS simulator
- Experience in System-Verilog, UVM, Python
- Experience in writing behavioral models for analog/mixed-mode IPs in Verilog-A/AMS
What you get
- Base salary range of $125,000.00 - $160,000.00 for Level 1 and $145,000.00 - $195,000.00 for Level 2
- Eligibility for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Worth weighing
- Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
- No specific mention of the technologies or tools used, which may affect the learning curve
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Listed by SpaceX on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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