Senior Data Scientist/Engineer - ML for Critical Systems

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, Texas, is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer (Data Science/Data Engineering) to develop scalable data analysis libraries and pipelines supporting launches and Starlink telemetry. You will own all aspects of software engineering, collaborating across teams to drive architecture and prototypes.

The role emphasizes strong programming in Python/C#, data exploration tools, ML techniques, and front-end exposure. ITAR compliance and travel may apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline with 5+ years of software development experience; OR 7+ years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• 3+ years of full-stack development experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable and scalable data analysis libraries, systems, and data pipelines to empower engineers across SpaceX.
• Create new applications that improve how the business at SpaceX operates.
• Collaborate with peers on architecture, design, and code reviews.
• Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Deep dive into engineering problems and coordinate with domain experts.

Skills

Data engineering

Full-stack development

ML techniques

Python

C#

Pandas

PyTorch

OpenCV

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

PostgreSQL

Grafana

Jupyter Notebooks

Metabase

PowerBI

SciPy

PyTorch

OpenCV

Ultralytics

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, Texas, is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer (Data Science/Data Engineering) to develop scalable data analysis libraries and pipelines supporting launches and Starlink telemetry. You will own all aspects of software engineering, collaborating across teams to drive architecture and prototypes.

The role emphasizes strong programming in Python/C#, data exploration tools, ML techniques, and front-end exposure. ITAR compliance and travel may apply.