Senior C++ Flight Software Engineer – Dragon

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation and holidays

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, C++ on the Dragon program in Hawthorne, CA. You will develop, verify, and configure mission-critical software for Dragon crew and cargo vehicles, partnering across disciplines to ensure reliability and correctness of flight software.

You will build tools to enable more frequent deployment, analyze test results, troubleshoot systems, and plan vehicle testing milestones; travel to launch/customer sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline or 2+ years of experience in software development in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of software development experience in C/C++.
• Knowledge of Linux and shell scripting; network troubleshooting.
• Experience building or working with real-time embedded systems.
• Experience with software documentation, creating system diagrams, and enumerating software requirements.
• Experience with software testing and knowledge of state machines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and analyze the code and configuration for the software systems that fly our vehicles
• Invent new tools that enable more frequent and reliable software deployment, automated data review, and automated configuration verification
• Analyze test results and bugs that require in-depth investigations
• Troubleshoot flight hardware/software systems with interdisciplinary engineering teams
• Plan and execute vehicle testing milestones
• Support mission operations as a flight software specialist
• Roll out new software changes to the vehicle fleet
• Occasional travel to launch sites and customer sites for testing and/or operations

Skills

C/C++ development

Linux

Embedded systems

Bash scripting

Hardware/software troubleshooting

Education

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

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, C++ on the Dragon program in Hawthorne, CA. You will develop, verify, and configure mission-critical software for Dragon crew and cargo vehicles, partnering across disciplines to ensure reliability and correctness of flight software.

You will build tools to enable more frequent deployment, analyze test results, troubleshoot systems, and plan vehicle testing milestones; travel to launch/customer sites may be required.