Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Components & Manufacturing

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical/vision/dental

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer (Components) to design and deliver software for the world's most advanced spaceflight hardware. You will own end-to-end development from concept to deployment, building web apps, CNC automation, and tooling that accelerates Starship production.

The role emphasizes real impact on manufacturing speed, reliability, and integration with AI-assisted workflows. Strong full-stack experience and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, physics or other engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development; or 7+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree
• Experience in full stack development

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions that are used across many SpaceX teams
• Own all aspects of software development, including design, testing, and deployment
• Rapidly create new applications that improve the production cycle time in the machine shop and the time to go from CAD to part in hand
• Deep dive into your users' problems to find and create efficient solutions
• Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, physics or other engineering discipline

5+ years of professional experience in software development; or 7+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree

Experience in full stack development

Programming experience in Python

Programming experience in JavaScript

Programming experience in C#

Programming experience in .NET

Programming experience in Java

Front-end experience in Angular

Front-end experience in React

Experience with web-technologies such as nginx

Experience with haproxy

Experience with redis

Experience with build systems like Make

Package management tools such as pip

Package management tools such as npm

Package management tools such as nuget

Experience with UNIX-like operating systems

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Knowledge of AI tools

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of computer architecture and networks

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

nginx

haproxy

redis

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer (Components) to design and deliver software for the world's most advanced spaceflight hardware. You will own end-to-end development from concept to deployment, building web apps, CNC automation, and tooling that accelerates Starship production.

The role emphasizes real impact on manufacturing speed, reliability, and integration with AI-assisted workflows. Strong full-stack experience and collaboration skills are essential.