Telemetry Software Engineer: Ship Petabyte-Scale Data

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentives

Stock equity

Discretionary bonuses

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Employee discounts

3 weeks of paid vacation

10+ paid holidays per year

Paid sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX in Seattle is seeking a software engineer for the Starlink program to design, build, and operate a scalable telemetry platform. You will collaborate with architecture teams and satellite/rocket groups to translate mission needs into robust software solutions, owning the full stack from software to hardware.

Qualification includes a bachelor's degree or 2+ years of software experience and 1+ years in relevant fields.

Qualifications

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

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

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

SpaceX in Seattle is seeking a software engineer for the Starlink program to design, build, and operate a scalable telemetry platform. You will collaborate with architecture teams and satellite/rocket groups to translate mission needs into robust software solutions, owning the full stack from software to hardware.

Qualification includes a bachelor's degree or 2+ years of software experience and 1+ years in relevant fields.