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
Build and maintain the lean, high-reliability Linux-based operating system: that underpins our supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh of satellites.
Write (or rewrite) high-performance device drivers to extract the maximum: physical capability from our network and compute hardware.
Manage deployment, operation, and debugging of our platform in production, including:
Rigorous resolution and root-causing of anomalies to ensure the system is constantly improving in reliability.
Developing and constantly improving our tools for observability and configuration management.
Collaborate with our hardware teams and external partners to design the next: generation of supercomputer hardware and then bring up our OS and software stack on it.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science: discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree (internship experience is applicable).
- Hands-on system programming experience in C or C++.
- Deep knowledge of the Linux kernel and its networking stack or experience: with another production-grade kernel.
- Proficiency with debugging tools spanning kernel, network, and userspace: (e.g., ftrace, perf, Wireshark/tcpdump, eBPF, gdb, and more).
