The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Bringing up next generation space grade silicon, including in house designed system on chip and peripherals.
Develop software from the early stage boot loaders to business logic with an: emphasis on deterministic, secure, and performant platform for all of SpaceX Linux based spacecraft and grounds-based components.
Infrastructure and tools to enable rapid development and testing of new features for all OS/platform features.
Maintain and update in house branches of OSS software such as Linux, Buildroot, and u-boot.
Support secureboot and runtime security of all Linux based satellite components.
Maintain the spacecraft Ethernet network and connectivity.
What they're looking for
- Develop, deploy and test spacecraft software update process.
- Support in-house System on Chip and peripheral through the life-cycle of the part.
- Support OS/Platform specific test infrastructure.
- Development and support device drivers for third party and in-house components.
