Propulsion Software Engineer: AI & Automation for Merlin

Starlink; Hawthorne (CA); In loco; USD 125.000 - 195.000; Tempo pieno

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Stock options

Performance bonuses

Medical vision dental

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Descrizione del lavoro

SpaceX is seeking a Propulsion Software Engineer in Falcon Engineering to build automation and AI tools that accelerate engine design, test, and flight operations. You will own end-to-end solutions, from scoping with engineers to deployment and monitoring in a flight-critical setting.

Ideal candidates combine hands-on hardware experience with software development in Python/C++. Experience with engines, fluid systems, and propulsion cycles is highly valued.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or physics; OR 4+ years of professional experience in hardware engineering or engineering automation in lieu of a degree
• 1+ years of software development experience in Python, C/C++, or similar, with a focus on automation tools or AI integrations (professional and personal projects are applicable)
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with engines, fluid systems, or structural hardware in design, test, or operations (professional, academic, and student team projects are applicable)

Mansioni

• Partner with Falcon and Merlin hardware engineering teams to identify manual, repetitive, and error-prone work and scope tools to automate it
• Build automation and data pipelines that process large volumes of engineering data, including telemetry, hardware design databases, configuration files, and manufacturing and test records, to streamline data review, flag anomalies, and surface insights
• Develop agentic AI systems, multi-agent workflows, and MCP servers on top of that data so engineers can query, analyze, and act on it across multiple internal systems
• Build internal web dashboards that give engineers a clear view of mission status, open work, and data review results
• Thoroughly test and validate all tools, including evaluating AI outputs against known-good results, so engineers can trust them in a flight-critical environment
• Support anomaly resolution by working directly with engineers on every Falcon sub-component to improve time-to-insight
• Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews
• Collaborate with engineers across the company to extend and improve interoperability among existing tools

Conoscenze

Python

C/C++

Automation tools

AI integrations

Hardware engineering

SQL

Linux/DevOps

Git

REST APIs

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or physics

Strumenti

Docker

Kubernetes

React/TypeScript

FastAPI

Flask

Git

REST APIs

Descrizione del lavoro

SpaceX is seeking a Propulsion Software Engineer in Falcon Engineering to build automation and AI tools that accelerate engine design, test, and flight operations. You will own end-to-end solutions, from scoping with engineers to deployment and monitoring in a flight-critical setting.

Ideal candidates combine hands-on hardware experience with software development in Python/C++. Experience with engines, fluid systems, and propulsion cycles is highly valued.