GNC Engineer, Fleet Management (Starshield)Active$150K

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

  • Develop highly reliable and performant GNC algorithms, flight software,: simulations, tools, services, and dashboards using C++ or Python

  • Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews

  • Constellation design and network-level analysis of both existing and proposed systems

  • Bulk analysis to review performance data from various elements of the: Starshield constellation and hosted payloads

  • Write high-quality technical documentation of programs, algorithms, or analysis

  • Support your relevant on-call operations rotation, commanding satellites or: reviewing data to keep our vehicles, payloads, and networks continuously operating at peak performance

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace, physics, or an engineering discipline
  • Software development experience in either C++ or Python
  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in an engineering discipline, computer science, or physics
  • Experience developing, debugging, and deploying software that has been used: in real-world applications/projects