Base Salary
$165k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable, real-time software that determines beam formation for user, laser, and gateway links in Starlink’s satellite network
- Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews
- Develop prototypes and manage experiments to validate key design concepts
- Build tools for software development and deployment, data analysis and visualization, and test execution across virtualized hardware, real hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and on-orbit testing
- Own the complete software lifecycle, including development, testing, and support
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline and 5+ years of professional software development experience, or 7+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree
- Development experience in Assembly, C, or C++
- Knowledge of real-time rendering, game engine development, physics simulation, or other real-time, resource-constrained, high-performance computing is preferred
- Knowledge of network topology, numerical optimization techniques, graph theoretic approaches, or convex optimization is preferred
- Experience developing, debugging, and deploying software used in real-world applications or projects is preferred
- Experience with distributed systems and internet services is preferred
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements
- Must satisfy 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 stock purchase plan and potential additional discounts and perks
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Washington State paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law
- Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday through Friday
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
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.