Flight Software Platform Engineer

Spacex; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Platform Engineer for Flight Software on Starlink. You will own tooling and core flight software features, partner with flight software developers, and streamline the end-to-end software lifecycle from conception to testing and maintenance.

Strong candidates have CS/engineering degrees or 2+ years in software, with C/C++ or Python experience, and a track record of optimizing builds and interfaces.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline OR 2+ years of experience in software development.
• Development experience in C/C++, Python, or other similar programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Maintain flight code generation tooling for flight software and GNC engineers.
• Maintain core flight software features that are shared across various satellite products.
• Work closely with flight software developers to understand slow / error prone aspects of embedded software development and fix them.
• Invent tools and processes that enable fast, accurate, and easy-to-use development and operational systems.
• Engage ground software teams to understand where flight systems should be changed to simplify constellation operations.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Performance optimization

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or STEM

Tools

Bazel

Git

Bash

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond, WA is seeking a Platform Engineer for Flight Software on Starlink. You will own tooling and core flight software features, partner with flight software developers, and streamline the end-to-end software lifecycle from conception to testing and maintenance.

Strong candidates have CS/engineering degrees or 2+ years in software, with C/C++ or Python experience, and a track record of optimizing builds and interfaces.