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
Constellation design and optimization
Fleet management and satellite orbit transfer automation, including all supporting software infrastructure
Constellation-level and network-level analysis of both existing and proposed satellite systems
Satellite collision avoidance
Satellite attitude determination and control
Satellite orbit control, such as low thrust trajectory optimization and station-keeping
What they're looking for
- Precision state estimation and control of various network payloads (RF antennas, laser inter-satellite links)
- Develop highly reliable and performant GNC algorithms, simulations, tools,: services, and dashboards using C++ or Python; Starlink GNC Engineers write actual production code, not just prototypes for transcription by another team
- Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews
- Bulk data analysis to review performance data from various elements of the Starlink constellation and network
