Software Engineer, Vehicle Operations (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

  • Design, develop, and implement highly reliable and performant algorithms,: flight software, simulations, tools, services, and dashboards

  • Act as a cross-disciplinary expert supporting cradle-to-grave development: efforts for new features and capabilities

  • Lead on-orbit satellite operations through all phases of flight and perform: on-call rotations, satellite commanding, and data reviews to keep our vehicles, payloads, and networks continuously operating

  • Detect and triage emerging on-orbit anomalies across all satellite: subsystems, driving investigations and implementing future autonomous responses

  • Work closely with engineers from adjacent discplines (mechanical, thermal,: software, test engineering, guidance control navigation, network engineering) to deliver reliable connectivity and new capabilities to our users

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, physics or another engineering discipline

What they're looking for

  • Software development experience in C, C++, Python, or other similar programming languages
  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in an engineering discipline, computer science, or physics
  • Experience working on interdisciplinary engineering projects (software: interacting with hardware; hardware interacting with other hardware; testing automation or harnessing)
  • Software development experience in a Linux environment