4 months ago
Base Salary
$160k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop modular, reusable test and automation software in Python and similar languages for manufacturing and engineering design verification.
- Create automation software that interacts with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems.
- Enable test execution across hardware-in-the-loop and virtualized hardware simulation environments.
- Develop automation solutions using embedded electronics and custom hardware for engineering and manufacturing challenges.
- Build algorithms to analyze test data and determine whether components meet acceptance criteria.
- Maintain and troubleshoot automation infrastructure, identify root causes, and coordinate corrections with partner teams.
- Define project plans, manage milestones, and conduct reviews to deliver reliable test systems to production.
- Create tools that support frequent software deployment, test execution, and data analysis within continuous integration and release systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline.
- At least five years of software development experience in C, C++, Python, or full-stack software development.
- Extensive knowledge of Linux and Windows, configuration management, version control, continuous integration, and monitoring.
- Experience automating manufacturing and engineering tests, troubleshooting software-hardware interactions, and improving manufacturing yields and production time.
- Experience with control feedback loops, numerical analysis, signal processing, digital and analog interfaces, embedded hardware product development, and real-world software deployments.
- Preferred experience with spacecraft fluid systems, high-power electrical systems, RF systems, modems, diagnostic test equipment, networks, electronics, optics, math, and physics.
- Experience with Docker or Kubernetes and strong troubleshooting, debugging, performance optimization, and unit-testing skills.
- Ability and willingness to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements and be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $160,000-$220,000 per year, plus potential long-term incentives, bonuses, and employee stock purchase plan benefits.
- Medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
- Applicants must be eligible to satisfy ITAR requirements, and the role may require obtaining a Top-Secret clearance.
- Active-clearance employees briefed into a classified program may receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed; sensitive-program assignments may involve pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing.
About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.