2 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable autonomous software systems and testing for resilience, fault tolerance, and correctness.
- Design software for space vehicles and supporting ground systems.
- Build prototypes, analyze system metrics, and quantify technical constraints.
- Own software development from design and testing through release and flight operations.
- Provide technical leadership and drive continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of software development experience.
- Development experience in C, C++, Python, or similar programming languages.
- Preferred experience with fault-tolerant, distributed, or real-time systems.
- Preferred experience designing unit, integrated hardware-in-the-loop regression, and exploratory tests.
- Preferred knowledge of computer architecture, networks, physics, math, electronics, and Linux programming.
- Preferred skills in debugging, performance optimization, and performance testing.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, take initiative, communicate effectively, and adapt to changing requirements.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Company stock or long-term cash awards may be available, along with potential discretionary bonuses and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k), disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
- Washington employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles provide roundtrip weekday transportation from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office.
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.