Full Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems
About The Position
SpaceX’s application software team develops mission-critical applications used throughout the company to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, and systems supporting Starlink’s growth. The team is creating and evolving systems for rapid Starship construction and reuse, as well as next-generation manufacturing software for high-throughput Starlink factories. Other applications support concurrent data streams from always-on assets, management of the satellite constellation, and customer-facing services for joining the Starlink network. The engineer will work with teams across SpaceX to design and update software supporting crewed launches, Starship flights, and the Starlink network. The role involves ownership of challenging software problems and collaboration with teammates to create reliable solutions that advance SpaceX’s mission. Aerospace experience is not required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a scientific discipline, or at least 2 years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
- Experience in full stack development.
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must be willing to work onsite; remote and hybrid work are not considered.
- Must meet the stated U.S. Government export authorization requirements: qualifying U.S. citizenship or immigration status, or eligibility to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Nice To Haves
- At least 1 year of experience building single-page web applications.
- Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or a similar object-oriented language.
- Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts.
- Expertise in designing software systems.
- Deep 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 key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development.
- Investigate users’ problems and create efficient solutions.
- Contribute to team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews.
