Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop modular, reusable Python and similar-language test and automation software for manufacturing and engineering design verification.
- Write software that interacts with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems.
- Enable test execution across hardware-in-the-loop and virtualized hardware simulations.
- Create automation solutions using embedded electronics and custom hardware.
- Develop algorithms to analyze test data and determine whether components meet acceptance criteria.
- Maintain and troubleshoot automation infrastructure and identify root causes with partner teams.
- Define project plans, manage milestones, and conduct reviews to deliver reliable test systems to production.
- Develop tools supporting software deployment, test execution, data analysis, and continuous integration and release processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
- Development experience in Python and/or C or C++.
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows, computer architecture, networks, software design, troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Experience with test automation, configuration management, version control, continuous integration, application or automation software, and cross-context testing.
- Preferred experience with embedded hardware, high-power electrical or electromechanical systems, control feedback loops, numerical analysis, signal processing, digital and analog interfaces, hardware-in-the-loop testing, distributed or real-time systems, SQL, REST APIs, HTML/CSS, and Grafana.
- Knowledge of networks, electronics, RF communications, optics, math, and physics is preferred.
- Ability to work independently or collaboratively in a dynamic environment and communicate effectively.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance
- Paid parental leave, paid vacation, and paid holidays
- Employee discounts, stock purchase opportunities, and other perks
- Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday through Friday
- Employees may need to work extended hours and weekends when 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.