3 months ago
Base Salary
$125k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement reliable and performant algorithms, flight software, simulations, tools, services, and dashboards.
- Support cradle-to-grave development as a cross-disciplinary expert for new features and capabilities.
- Lead satellite operations through all flight phases, including on-call rotations, satellite commanding, and data reviews.
- Detect and triage on-orbit anomalies across satellite subsystems and implement autonomous recovery responses.
- Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, software, test, guidance-control-navigation, and network engineers to deliver reliable connectivity and new capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline.
- Software development experience in C, C++, Python, or similar programming languages.
- Preferred: master's degree or Ph.D. in engineering, computer science, or physics.
- Preferred: experience with interdisciplinary hardware-software projects, Linux development, spacecraft systems, telemetry and alerting, operations tooling, autonomous FDIR, command and control, data visualization, and web development.
- Preferred: knowledge of computer architecture, networks, inter-process communications, RESTful APIs, and gRPC.
- Preferred: experience with version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
- Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance, or the ability and willingness to obtain one.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR citizenship, residency, refugee, asylee, or authorization requirements.
- Must be able to work extended hours and weekends when required for critical development or on-orbit operations.
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.
- Eligible employees may receive long-term incentives, discretionary bonuses, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Active clearance holders receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once briefed into a classified program.
- Requires extended hours and weekends as needed for critical development or on-orbit operations.
- U.S. export-control eligibility under ITAR is required, or applicants must be eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations.
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.