Manufacturing Software Engineer for Spaceflight Systems

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking engineers who will own challenging software problems used across SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink operations. You will develop reliable applications and prototypes, collaborating across teams to improve how SpaceX operates.

The role emphasizes on-site work, deep systems design, and hands-on experience with modern stacks, CI/CD, and data streaming. You will contribute to architectures supporting Starship, Starlink, and mission-critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in full stack development.
• 1+ years of experience building single page web applications
• Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
• Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
• Expertise in designing software systems
• Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
• Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
• Experience with build systems (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management tools (pip, npm)
• Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them
• Experience working with in-stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions that are used across SpaceX
• Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates
• Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
• Deep dive into your users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions
• Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews

Skills

Full stack development

Version control

CI/CD concepts

Software design

Testing & monitoring

Performance profiling

Unix/Linux

Education

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

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

Tools

Python

C#.NET

Go

Scala

Java

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

pip

npm

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Angular

React

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking engineers who will own challenging software problems used across SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and Starlink operations. You will develop reliable applications and prototypes, collaborating across teams to improve how SpaceX operates.

The role emphasizes on-site work, deep systems design, and hands-on experience with modern stacks, CI/CD, and data streaming. You will contribute to architectures supporting Starship, Starlink, and mission-critical