Application Software Engineer, Flight Software
About The Position
SpaceX’s application software team develops mission-critical applications used across the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, along with systems that support the growth of Starlink. The team builds and evolves systems for rapid Starship construction and reuse, next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput Starlink factories, data platforms for managing a large satellite constellation, and customer-facing systems for joining the Starlink network. Engineers work closely with teams across SpaceX on software related to crewed launches, Starship flights, and changes to the Starlink network. The role offers ownership of challenging software problems and collaboration with engineers with diverse perspectives. Aerospace experience is not required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a scientific discipline, or at least 2 years of professional software-building experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least 1 year of full-stack development experience.
Nice To Haves
- Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object-oriented language.
- At least 1 year of rigorous experience building single-page web applications.
- Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts.
- Expertise in designing software systems.
- Strong understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
- Expertise in profiling and improving application performance.
- Experience with build systems such as Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, or Gradle, and package management tools such as pip or npm.
- Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet.
- Experience with in-stream data processing using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies.
- Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Front-end experience with Angular, React, or a similar JavaScript framework.
- Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar technologies.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable software solutions used across SpaceX.
- Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates.
- Build prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
- Investigate users’ problems and create efficient solutions.
- Contribute to architecture, design, and code review collaborations.
Benefits
- May be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
- May be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount.
- Comprehensive medical coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various other discounts and perks.
- May accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
