Base Salary
$125k - $150k/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.
- Create custom automation solutions using embedded electronics and innovative hardware.
- Develop algorithms to analyze complex test data and determine whether components meet acceptance criteria.
- Maintain and troubleshoot automation infrastructure and identify root causes 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 computer science, engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline, or at least two years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Development experience in C, C++, or Python, or full-stack software development experience.
- Preferred experience with Linux and Windows, configuration management, version control, continuous integration, agile development, and test automation.
- Preferred experience with control feedback loops, numerical analysis, signal processing, digital and analog interfaces, and software-hardware troubleshooting.
- Preferred experience with spacecraft fluid systems, high-power electrical systems, electro-mechanical systems, and embedded hardware product development.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Applicants must satisfy ITAR requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave.
- Potential eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Applicants must meet stated ITAR citizenship, residency, refugee, asylee, or authorization requirements.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed; active-clearance roles may require pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing.
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.