Real-Time Space Operations Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off & holidays

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Space Operations Software Engineer to build tools and interfaces that enable real-time spacecraft operations. You will develop reliable software, create new applications, and prototype designs to accelerate human spaceflight.

You will own software engineering tasks, collaborate across teams, and potentially operate console mission control for human and cargo missions, with travel to multiple SpaceX sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline or 2+ years of software development experience
• 1+ years of full stack development experience

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX
• Create new applications to improve operations
• Build prototypes to validate concepts and constraints
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
• Deep dive into user problems to craft efficient solutions
• Collaborate on architecture, design and code reviews
• Operate spacecraft mission control tools during missions

Skills

Full stack development

Python

C#/.NET

Scala

Java

Object-oriented programming

Single page applications

Version control

CI/CD concepts

Software design

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering/mathematics or related field

2+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Make

Bazel/Pants/Buck

Gradle

Pip

NPM

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Space Operations Software Engineer to build tools and interfaces that enable real-time spacecraft operations. You will develop reliable software, create new applications, and prototype designs to accelerate human spaceflight.

You will own software engineering tasks, collaborate across teams, and potentially operate console mission control for human and cargo missions, with travel to multiple SpaceX sites as needed.