Data Scientist (Starlink)

SpaceX•Redmond, WA

About The Position

At SpaceX, we’re leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system. Starlink is the world’s largest satellite constellation and is providing fast, reliable internet to millions of users worldwide. We design, build, test, and operate all parts of the system – thousands of satellites, consumer receivers that allow users to connect within minutes of unboxing, and the software that brings it all together. We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of Starlink’s potential global impact and are looking for best-in-class engineers to help maximize Starlink’s utility for communities and businesses around the globe. As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for developing the strategy, key metrics, tools, software services, and processes for assessing how well key aspects of Starlink are scaling and how effective the Starlink Network is itself, in serving millions of users around the globe. You will work with operators, subsystem responsible engineers, software engineers, and network engineers inside the Starlink organization as well as key contacts with various major external partners to help ensure the growth of this program.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, physics, mathematics, or a STEM discipline
1+ years of data/software engineering experience (internship experience is applicable)
Experience in analytics, data science, or machine learning

Nice To Haves

Professional experience in analytics, data science, or machine learning
Experience using Spark, Presto, Flink, or Snowflake
Experience building solutions with Parquet, or similar storage formats
Knowledge of Kubernetes
Experience building solutions with in-stream data processing of structured and semi-structured data
Experience building predictive models and machine learning pipelines (clustering analysis, prediction, anomaly detection)
Experience in custom ETL design, implementation, and maintenance
Experience handling large (TB+) datasets
Experience with developing and deploying tools used for data analysis
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment that includes working with changing needs and requirements
Ability to take on projects that require taking initiative and developing new expertise

Responsibilities

Build and maintain mission-critical infrastructure, tools, processes, and custom software to objectively assess growth areas for the Starlink program
Automate the aggregation of metrics and detection of widespread application issues across Starlink
Establish and maintain relationships with key third-party application/content owners
Lead technical investigations about 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 that can be used by you and other teams to perform analytics
Fuse data from multiple sources to create usable information

Benefits

long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
access to a 401(k)- retirement plan
short & long-term disability insurance
life insurance
paid parental leave
various other discounts and perks
3 weeks of paid vacation
10 or more paid holidays per year
5 days of sick leave per year
Company shuttles are offered to employees for round trip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday