Base Salary
$165k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop modular, reusable test and automation software in Python and similar languages for manufacturing and engineering design verification
- Write automation software that interacts with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems
- Develop automation solutions using embedded electronics and custom hardware
- Develop algorithms to analyze test data and determine whether components meet acceptance criteria
- Maintain and troubleshoot automation infrastructure and identify root causes of failures with partner teams
- Define and implement project plans, manage milestones, and conduct reviews to deliver reliable test systems to production
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, mathematics, or science discipline
- At least 5 years of software programming experience using Python, C, or similar languages
- Computer science degree preferred
- Proficiency in software development, Linux, and Windows preferred
- Experience with configuration management, version control, continuous integration, and agile development preferred
- Experience automating manufacturing and testing processes to improve yields and reduce production time preferred
- Experience developing application, test, or automation software in interdisciplinary environments preferred
- Experience with control feedback loop design and implementation preferred
- Experience with numerical analysis and signal processing preferred
- Experience with digital and analog interfaces including GPIB, USB, VISA, TCP/IP, VLAN, CAN bus, SPI, I2C, Modbus, and analog-to-digital conversion preferred
- Experience troubleshooting software and hardware interactions, including network devices and laboratory instrumentation preferred
- Experience with spacecraft fluid systems, high-power electrical systems, electromechanical systems, and embedded hardware product development preferred
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Employee discounts and other perks
- Three weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave under company policy
- Potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan eligibility
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.