2 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write reliable ground and vehicle software to control thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit.
- Develop constellation optimization algorithms based on satellite operational requirements and physical constraints.
- Define requirements and build simulations for future satellite constellations and hardware/software tradeoffs.
- Own the full code lifecycle, including development, testing, verification, rollout, and monitoring.
- Participate in code reviews and maintain high code quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or 3+ years of software development experience.
- Proficiency in C/C++ or another systems programming language such as Rust.
- Experience with reliable production software where correctness and reliability guarantees are essential is preferred.
- Deep understanding of software performance and performance-oriented coding; experience with profilers, vectorization/SIMD, runtime optimization, and memory optimization is a plus.
- Understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, builds, deployment, and monitoring is preferred.
- Strong mathematics and physics knowledge is preferred.
- Strong communication, writing, listening, ownership, attention to detail, and ability to work across engineering disciplines are preferred.
- Passion for working with satellites and advancing the commercial space industry is preferred.
- Applicants must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
Benefits
- Base salary range varies by level: Level 1 $125,000.00-$165,000.00 and Level 2 $145,000.00-$200,000.00.
- Eligible employees may receive company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan access.
- Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401(k), short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles provide weekday roundtrip 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.