Software Engineer, Satellite Systems (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

  • Developing systems to provide secure command and control capability of our satellites

  • Designing systems for rapidly distributing and executing software updates across all components of the network

  • Iterating on critical high throughput networking systems across our ground network

  • Creating new monitoring and observability tools to allow operators to fly our satellites safely and securely

  • Designing development and testing tooling to accelerate teams across the Starshield organization

  • Owning datacenter software and hardware used in controlling the Starshield network

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific: discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree
  • Development experience in C++ and developing on a Linux platform
  • Solid fundamental knowledge of computer architecture, networks, debugging, and software testing
  • Ability to work effectively and creatively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements