Senior Telemetry & Distributed Systems Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Long‑term incentives / company stock

401(k) retirement plan

Comprehensive medical, vision, dental

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink) to own and scale the telemetry stack. You’ll design, implement, and operate systems that ingest, process, store, and query petabytes of data, collaborating with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into robust software.

You will have ownership across software and hardware layers, applying first principles thinking to deliver high‑impact solutions while supporting Starlink’s global internet mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of experience in full stack development or software engineering

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform capable of ingesting, processing, storing, and querying data at petabyte scale
• Collaborate with other engineers on architecture, design, and code reviews
• Partner closely with satellite and rocket teams to understand real mission needs and translate them into elegant technical solutions
• Take full end-to-end ownership of the complete software and hardware stack
• Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Skills

C#

Java

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Linux

CI/CD

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics or related field

7+ years of professional software experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

Git

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink) to own and scale the telemetry stack. You’ll design, implement, and operate systems that ingest, process, store, and query petabytes of data, collaborating with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into robust software.

You will have ownership across software and hardware layers, applying first principles thinking to deliver high‑impact solutions while supporting Starlink’s global internet mission.