Base Salary
$130k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build security-critical AI agents that automate network and systems defense for Starshield.
- Use AI to discover and fix security issues in Starshield infrastructure and systems.
- Guide and test AI integrations into new and existing Starshield systems.
- Identify opportunities to improve security through automation and AI.
- Maintain production systems and improve their security posture through direct implementation and recommendations to other engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of professional security software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with at least one software development language, such as Python, C++, or Golang.
- Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise-scale infrastructure.
- Experience designing and implementing solutions with LLMs, LLM-based agents, or related AI topics.
- Understanding of cryptography, authentication, network security, and operating system security is preferred.
- Experience securing autonomous agents, red-teaming or penetration-testing LLMs, and addressing prompt injection, jailbreaking, and data exfiltration is preferred.
- Experience deploying and managing LLM infrastructure for reliable and scalable operation is preferred.
- Advanced technical or engineering education and an active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance are preferred.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
Benefits
- Base salary is offered within the listed pay ranges, with potential eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage; a 401(k) retirement plan; disability and life insurance; paid parental leave; discounts and other perks.
- Employees may accrue three weeks of paid vacation, receive 10 or more paid holidays annually, and accrue paid sick leave under company policy.
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.