Base Salary
$125k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable autonomous software systems and the simulations required to validate them.
- Own software design, testing, integration, deployment, and mission lifecycle activities.
- Collaborate with counterpart engineering teams to develop and maintain launch and vehicle software.
- Work across disciplines and at the system level to ensure software is viable for high-performance flight hardware.
- Investigate and solve previously unsolved or unknown technical problems within rapid development timelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
- Graduating with a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027.
- Proficiency or demonstrated knowledge of C++, Rust, or another systems programming language is preferred.
- Experience with real-time embedded systems or distributed computing systems is preferred.
- Strong software design, architecture, implementation, critical-thinking, communication, accountability, and problem-solving abilities are preferred.
- Applicants must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Applicants must satisfy SpaceX ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
- An active security clearance may provide opportunities to work on sensitive missions; applicable pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing may apply.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave, employee discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy.
- Potential eligibility for company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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.