Software Engineer – Application Systems for Space Missions

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Hawthorne, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

3 weeks paid vacation

10+ paid holidays per year

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Software Engineer (Application Software) to join a team building mission critical applications used across SpaceX manufacturing and flight systems. You will own software from concept through deployment, collaborating with engineers to move fast while maintaining reliability.

We value smart, respectful engineers who solve hard problems on ambitious missions, with ownership of architecture, design, and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software experience in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
• Create new applications to improve SpaceX operations.
• Build prototypes to prove design concepts and quantify constraints.
• Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
• Deep dive into user problems to craft efficient solutions.
• Contribute to architecture, design, and code reviews with the team.

Skills

Python

C#.NET

Go

Java

Scala

Unix/Linux

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL/SQL Server

APIs

Education

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

2+ years of professional software development experience (in lieu of degree)

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Make/Bazel/Pants/Buck

pip/npm

Git/CI/CD tooling

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Software Engineer (Application Software) to join a team building mission critical applications used across SpaceX manufacturing and flight systems. You will own software from concept through deployment, collaborating with engineers to move fast while maintaining reliability.

We value smart, respectful engineers who solve hard problems on ambitious missions, with ownership of architecture, design, and code reviews.