Senior AI Data Engineer — Automation for Engineering

Starlink; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering) to build AI-powered tools that automate engineering workloads across telemetry data and support mission-critical aerospace programs.

You will design agentic AI systems, work with MCP servers, and integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines to streamline data review and anomaly detection. You will collaborate with avionics, propulsion, structures, and other teams, owning end-to-end solutions from scoping to maintenance as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, or physics; OR 4+ years of professional experience building automation for practical engineering use cases in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on automation tools and/or AI integrations (professional and personal projects are applicable)
• 5+ years of programming experience in Python
• Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with engineering teams to identify their most time-consuming, repetitive, or error-prone work, then design and build tools that automate it
• Build automation that processes large volumes of engineering data, including telemetry, hardware design databases, configuration files, and manufacturing and test records, to automate data review, flag anomalies, and surface insights
• Design agentic AI systems, multi-agent workflows, and MCP servers that let engineers query, analyze, and act on data across many internal systems
• Integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines, mission workflows, and review/sign-off processes so automation runs where engineers already work
• Build internal web dashboards that give engineers a clear view of mission status, open work, and data review results
• Rapidly prototype and iterate, then take tools to a production-grade, maintainable state
• Thoroughly test and validate all tools, including evaluating AI outputs against known-good results, so engineers can trust them in a flight-critical environment
• Prioritize work by return on investment and track the engineering hours saved

Skills

Automation tools

Python

Agentic AI systems

REST APIs

SQL

CI/CD

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

React/TypeScript

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, data science, engineering, math, or physics; OR 4+ years of related automation experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

FastAPI

Flask

React

PostgreSQL

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering) to build AI-powered tools that automate engineering workloads across telemetry data and support mission-critical aerospace programs.

You will design agentic AI systems, work with MCP servers, and integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines to streamline data review and anomaly detection. You will collaborate with avionics, propulsion, structures, and other teams, owning end-to-end solutions from scoping to maintenance as