Software Engineer, Test Infrastructure (Application Software)

SpaceX•Hawthorne, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Software Engineer on the test infrastructure team, you will design, develop, and maintain SpaceX’s in-house testing ecosystem that powers software and hardware test and validation across all flight systems. You will build and evolve the core test infrastructure framework and supporting applications used for production testing, integration testing, and high-fidelity simulations. The team is focused on building out SpaceXAI, improving SpaceX’s engineering capacity and capability through AI tooling. This is a high-impact role where you will work across engineering groups to create reliable, scalable, and performant testing tools that accelerate vehicle production and flight software. Our testing software is critical to mission success for all vehicle programs at SpaceX. SpaceX is looking for smart, motivated software engineers who enjoy taking on complex challenges, work well in dynamic environments, and care about software best practices. Help us build world-class software that is critical to SpaceX’s mission to Mars.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
1+ years of experience with C/C++
1+ years of experience with Python

Nice To Haves

Experience developing telemetry-based software
Expertise in designing software systems
Front-end experience in Angular, React, or similar JavaScript framework
Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
Understanding of agentic workflows and utilizing AI to improve developer experience
Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
Experience with build systems (Make and Bazel preferred) and package management tools (pip, npm)
Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Ansible and Puppet for managing them
Production experience with Docker, Containerd, LXC, and/or Kubernetes
Database experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar database technologies

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the core test infrastructure framework and applications used across SpaceX
Improve reliability, performance, and safety of test software and infrastructure
Work closely with flight software engineers and users across the company to develop new features and improve user experiences
Own all aspects of software engineering and product development for test infrastructure
Deep dive into users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions