About the position
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. Our elite Starship team is working on the toughest and most audacious project on our planet: making humanity multiplanetary. This challenge isn’t for everyone – the working conditions can be hard on a desolate beach at the southernmost tip of the state – but hardcore projects require hardcore people. If you are a high performing engineer, want to immerse yourself in never-before-solved challenges, and are excited to put in the effort to make this goal a reality, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable autonomous software systems and the simulations required to validate them.
- Own all aspects of software development, including design, testing, and integration to the mission.
- Work with counterpart engineering teams to develop and maintain launch and vehicle software, crossing all required software domains necessary to implement and verify control of the pad, ship, and booster to meet mission objectives.
- Follow and maintain high software standards and software engineering best practices within Starship Software.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
- 1+ years of software development experience via project team, research, internship, and/or professional experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Proven skills and knowledge of C++, Rust, or other systems programming language.
- Experience building or working with real-time embedded systems or distributed computing systems.
- Strong focus and interest in designing, architecting, and implementing excellent, bug-free software.
- Strong critical thinking and first-principles problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work effectively in a dynamic environment while assuming high levels of responsibility and demonstrating accountability for software outcomes.
- Experience working at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints.
- Excelled in ultra-competitive environments.
- Succeeded in multiple endeavors at once.
- Demonstrated rapid growth.
- Demonstrated resilience and the ability to overcome failure or extreme odds.
- Success in academics at a rigorous and highly regarded university: minimum GPA 3.5/4.0 or higher, standardized test scores minimum 95th percentile, merit-based scholarship recipient.
Benefits
- Pay Range: Software Engineer/Level I: $120,000.00 - $145,000.00/per year
- Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various other discounts and perks.
- Accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
