Flight Software Applications Engineer — Build Mission-Critical Systems

Starlink; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Bonuses

Medical, vision, dental

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Application Software Engineer, Flight Software, to join a team building mission‑critical software for Starlink and Aerospace applications. You will own software through design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring, collaborating with engineers across the company.

The role emphasizes solving complex challenges, rapid iteration, and making an impact on a bold mission to enable human life in space. Onsite work is required in Hawthorne, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in CS, Engineering, Math, or scientific discipline or 2+ years of professional software experience.
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
• Create new applications that improve SpaceX operations.
• Build prototypes to prove key design concepts and 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 Apps

CI/CD

Software design

Testing & monitoring

Docker

Kubernetes

Make/Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

PIP/npm

Terraform/Ansible/Puppet

Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ

UNIX-like OS

Angular/React

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline

2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Make

Bazel

Pants

Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular

React

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Application Software Engineer, Flight Software, to join a team building mission‑critical software for Starlink and Aerospace applications. You will own software through design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring, collaborating with engineers across the company.

The role emphasizes solving complex challenges, rapid iteration, and making an impact on a bold mission to enable human life in space. Onsite work is required in Hawthorne, CA.