Base Salary
$125k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Create highly reliable software systems controlling hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit
- Improve satellite constellation performance, security, and availability through software design
- Own software from requirements discovery and prototyping through development, testing, on-orbit rollout, and operational support
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to build satellite capabilities involving sensors, inter-satellite lasers, and space-based cloud computing
- Write Linux-based C++ software for common processors and microcontrollers
- Implement networking technologies across satellites, ground operations centers, and users
- Build automated ground software integrating data processing with satellite command and control
- Develop models and simulations for flight-like software testing, network performance analysis, and research and development
- Create tools for testing across virtualized hardware, hardware-in-the-loop, and vehicle-in-the-loop environments
- Develop systems supporting reliable software deployment, test execution, and data analysis in continuous integration and release workflows
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a scientific discipline, or 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree
- Development experience in C, C++, Python, or full-stack software development
- Experience deploying software used in real-world applications and projects is preferred
- Fundamental knowledge of computer architecture and networks is preferred
- Strong debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing skills are preferred
- Experience with networking protocols such as TCP and UDP may be required for some teams
- Linux kernel development experience may be required for some teams
- High-performance C++ experience may be required for some teams
- Image data processing and machine learning experience may be required for some teams
- Strong mathematics and physics background may be required for some teams
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance
- Must satisfy SpaceX ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, take initiative, communicate effectively, and adapt to changing requirements
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
- Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually
- Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy
- Potential stock, stock options, long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and employee stock purchase plan eligibility
- Requires obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI security clearance and meeting applicable ITAR eligibility requirements
- May require extended hours and weekend work
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.