2 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$125k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Maintain flight code-generation tooling for flight software and GNC engineers.
- Maintain core flight software features shared across satellite products.
- Identify and resolve slow or error-prone aspects of embedded software development with flight software developers.
- Create tools and processes that enable fast, accurate, and easy-to-use development and operational systems.
- Work with ground software teams to determine changes that simplify constellation operations.
- Own the full software lifecycle from conception through testing and maintenance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of software development experience.
- Development experience in C/C++, Python, or similar programming languages.
- Knowledge of Bazel, C++, Python, and Bash is preferred.
- Experience improving performance bottlenecks in build systems and embedded environments is preferred.
- Experience designing user interfaces for software engineers and fault-tolerant, distributed, or real-time embedded systems is preferred.
- Experience with version control and continuous integration and delivery systems is preferred.
- Applicants must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Eligible for long-term incentives, potential discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Up to 3 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 weekday 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.