Telemetry Software Engineer - Starlink Platform

InvestedintheMission

Hawthorne (CA)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 195,000

Full time

14 days+
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Paid parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink) to design, build, and operate a highly reliable distributed telemetry platform at petabyte scale. You will collaborate with other engineers and partner closely with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into elegant technical solutions.

The role demands a degree or 2+ years in software, plus experience in full-stack development and distributed systems.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
  • Experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science.
  • Proficiency with distributed systems and high-volume data processing is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate a highly reliable distributed telemetry platform.
  • Collaborate with architecture, design, and code reviews.
  • Partner with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into solutions.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of software and hardware stacks.
  • Apply first principles to solve business problems.

Skills

C# / Java
Distributed systems design
Problem solving
Collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Kubernetes
Linux
Git / Version control
CI/CD tooling

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink) to design, build, and operate a highly reliable distributed telemetry platform at petabyte scale. You will collaborate with other engineers and partner closely with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into elegant technical solutions.

The role demands a degree or 2+ years in software, plus experience in full-stack development and distributed systems.

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