Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Bring up next-generation space-grade silicon, including in-house system-on-chip designs and peripherals.
- Develop software from early-stage bootloaders through business logic for Linux-based spacecraft and ground components, emphasizing deterministic, secure, and performant platforms.
- Maintain and update in-house branches of Linux, Buildroot, and U-Boot.
- Support secure boot and runtime security for Linux-based satellite components.
- Maintain spacecraft Ethernet networking and connectivity.
- Develop, deploy, and test spacecraft software update processes.
- Support in-house system-on-chip and peripheral components throughout their lifecycle.
- Develop and support device drivers for third-party and in-house components.
- Build and support OS/platform-specific test infrastructure and tools for rapid feature development and testing.
- Take initial ownership of new satellite components and interface with silicon, electrical, and application software engineers from prototype through on-orbit operations.
- Own the complete software lifecycle, including development, testing, and support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a science discipline, or 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree; internship experience is applicable.
- Development experience in C, C++, Python, and/or Rust.
- Preferred experience with upstream Linux kernel patches and the Linux networking stack.
- Knowledge of computer architecture, modern secure boot flows, ARM embedded systems, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and continuous monitoring.
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit-testing skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, engineering, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must meet applicable ITAR authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Long-term incentives may include company stock or long-term cash awards and discretionary bonuses.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount.
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave, various discounts and perks, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles provide roundtrip travel 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.