Data Engineer (Starlink Mobile)
About The Position
SpaceX is developing Starlink Mobile to provide ubiquitous connectivity and seamless text, voice, and data access for LTE phones and devices around the globe. The network builds on Starlink’s existing infrastructure, which serves more than 7 million users worldwide, and is expected to scale through the launch of hundreds of satellites. The Data Engineer will develop the strategy, key metrics, tools, software services, and processes used to assess Starlink Mobile’s growth and network effectiveness as it serves users worldwide. The role works with operators, engineering leaders, subsystem responsible engineers, software engineers, network engineers, and external partners to support the program’s growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, physics, mathematics, or a STEM discipline.
- At least 1 year of data or software engineering experience; internship experience is applicable.
- Experience in analytics, data science, or machine learning.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Experience handling large datasets (TB+).
- Experience using SQL.
- Development experience in an object-oriented programming language such as C, C++, or Python.
- Experience building solutions with Parquet or similar storage formats.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes.
- Experience building solutions with in-stream processing of structured and semi-structured data.
- Experience building predictive models and machine learning pipelines, including clustering analysis, prediction, and anomaly detection.
- Experience in custom ETL design, implementation, and maintenance.
- Experience developing and deploying tools used for data analysis.
- Experience using Spark, Presto, Flink, or Snowflake.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements.
- Ability to take initiative on projects and develop new expertise.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain mission-critical infrastructure, tools, processes, and custom software to objectively assess growth areas for the Starlink Mobile program.
- Automate the aggregation of metrics and detection of widespread application issues across Starlink Mobile.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key third-party application and content owners.
- Lead technical investigations into chronic application-level issues.
- Build ground-based software systems that ingest, transform, and store data.
- Apply data analytics, models, and techniques to data products created by space vehicles.
- Create catalogs of data and tools for use in analytics by the employee and other teams.
- Fuse data from multiple sources to create usable information.
Benefits
- Potential long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
- Potential discretionary bonuses.
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- 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.
- Up to 3 weeks of accrued paid vacation.
- 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Washington State employees accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office, Monday through Friday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
