Flight Reliability Engineer: Build Mission-Critical Software

SpaceX

West Brownsville (Washington County)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Software Engineer (Flight Reliability) to own and deliver highly reliable software used in launch vehicle production and flight. You will build prototypes, contribute to architecture, and collaborate across teams to meet demanding launch cadences.

You will work on hard problems, optimize performance, and apply AI-enabled solutions including LLM prompting and context retrieval, with on-site work required.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in CS/engineering/math or 2+ years software experience.
  • 1+ years of full stack development.

Responsibilities

  • Develop highly reliable software solutions used across the company.
  • Create new applications to improve how the company operates.
  • Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and quantify constraints.
  • Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
  • Deep dive into users' problems to find efficient solutions.
  • Contribute to architecture, design, and code reviews.

Skills

Python
C#.NET
Go
Scala
Java
Single-page Web Apps
Version Control
CI/CD
Software Architecture
Code Profiling
Agentic AI Systems
Docker
Angular/React
PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline
2+ years of professional software experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Docker
Git
CI/CD Tools
Angular/React

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Software Engineer (Flight Reliability) to own and deliver highly reliable software used in launch vehicle production and flight. You will build prototypes, contribute to architecture, and collaborate across teams to meet demanding launch cadences.

You will work on hard problems, optimize performance, and apply AI-enabled solutions including LLM prompting and context retrieval, with on-site work required.

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