SpaceX hiring Starlink mobile engineers

SpaceX’s careers site shows the company is hiring across a cluster of “Starlink Mobile” engineering roles, adding fresh detail to how it is staffing the satellite-to-phone side of its Starlink business. Listings visible on May 16 span Redmond, Washington, Sunnyvale, California, and Hawthorne, California, according to SpaceX’s jobs pages. The openings cover mechanical, electrical, RF, software and wireless systems work, pointing to a buildout that is broader than a single specialty. The hiring comes as SpaceX says its direct-to-cell network is already operating commercially in the United States and New Zealand and as U.S. regulators continue to process related approvals. ### Which jobs is SpaceX trying to fill? SpaceX’s public careers listings include Starlink Mobile openings for Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, RF/Microwave Engineer, Software Engineer and Wireless Systems Engineer, according to the company’s jobs pages reviewed for this story. The roles are spread across engineering disciplines that typically cover hardware design, payload and radio work, and software integration. Redmond, Washington appears repeatedly in SpaceX’s Starlink hiring because it is already one of the company’s main satellite engineering bases. (spacex.com) SpaceX’s broader Starlink job listings in Redmond include satellite battery test, propulsion, hardware reliability, PCBA manufacturing and payload sub-assembly integration roles, showing the site is already a core Starlink development hub. ### Why do Sunnyvale, Hawthorne and Redmond matter here? (spacex.com) Hawthorne, California is SpaceX’s headquarters, while Redmond is a long-running Starlink engineering center, based on the company’s careers pages and existing job distribution. The appearance of Starlink Mobile roles across those sites suggests the work is not isolated to one office. Sunnyvale, California is also notable because it places Starlink Mobile hiring in the middle of a region dense with wireless, semiconductor and systems engineering talent. (spacex.com) SpaceX’s careers site is the company’s public recruiting channel, and the listings indicate it is drawing from multiple engineering labor markets at once. ### How does this connect to Starlink’s phone service? SpaceX said in a February service update that Starlink Direct to Cell was commercially available in the United States with T-Mobile and in New Zealand with One NZ. (spacex.com) That same update said the company planned to expand in additional countries in 2025 and work toward IoT, data and voice services after the initial messaging rollout. SpaceX said in a separate update published in 2026 that more than 600 Starlink Direct to Cell satellites were in orbit and that the first-generation direct-to-cell constellation was operational across five continents. (spacex.com) The company also said Starship would begin launching a next generation of direct-to-mobile satellites. ### What have regulators approved so far? The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX’s supplemental coverage from space service in late 2024, according to FCC documents and industry reports citing the order. (starlink.com) The authorization covered SpaceX’s work with T-Mobile and marked the agency’s first approval of that type of service framework. FCC documents from 2025 also show the agency granted SpaceX waivers and temporary authority tied to direct-to-cell operations, including power-related relief and experimental approvals for additional testing. (spacex.com) One FCC filing says SpaceX sought authority for direct-to-cell capability on up to 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites. ### What can readers actually verify next? SpaceX’s careers page is the clearest place to track whether the Starlink Mobile openings stay up, expand to more cities or are filled. (docs.fcc.gov) FCC records are the next public checkpoint for new waivers, testing authority or commercial operating changes tied to SpaceX and T-Mobile’s direct-to-cell program. (spacex.com) (docs.fcc.gov)