Base Salary
$125k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop modular, reusable test and automation software in Python and similar languages for manufacturing and engineering design verification.
- Write automation software that interacts with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and production-documentation systems.
- Enable test execution across hardware-in-the-loop and virtualized hardware-simulation environments.
- Create custom automation solutions using embedded electronics and innovative hardware.
- Develop algorithms to analyze test data and determine component acceptance-criteria compliance.
- 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 frequent software deployment, test execution, and data analysis within continuous-integration and release systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline, or at least two years of professional software-development experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least one year of software-development experience in C, C++, Python, or full-stack development; internship experience applies.
- Extensive knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems and experience with configuration management and version-control software.
- Experience with continuous integration, monitoring, agile development, process automation, testing, and manufacturing-yield improvement.
- Experience with control feedback loops, numerical analysis, signal processing, embedded hardware, software-hardware troubleshooting, and real-world software deployments.
- Knowledge of digital and analog interfaces including GPIB, USB, VISA, TCP/IP, VLAN, CAN bus, SPI, I2C, Modbus, and analog-to-digital conversion.
- Preferred experience includes spacecraft fluid systems, high-power electrical systems, RF system design, modems, diagnostic test equipment, containerization, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, performance-optimization, and unit-testing skills, with fundamentals in networks, electronics, RF communications, optics, math, and physics.
- Ability and willingness to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.
- Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
- Paid sick leave under company policy.
- Potential company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan access.
- Active clearance may qualify for a 10% differential up to an additional $20,000 annually.
- Extended hours and weekends may be required; active-clearance employees may be subject to pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing.
- ITAR eligibility or required U.S. Department of State authorization is required.
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.