SpaceX is developing the Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket, a fully reusable transportation system for crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. The company needs software engineers to design, develop, and test software for controlling and simulating these flight systems to achieve mission objectives.
Requirements
- 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
- 1+ years of software development experience via project team, research, internship, and/or professional experience
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
- design, develop, and test software that is used to both control and simulate SpaceX flight systems
- engage with other SpaceX software and hardware engineers to implement and debug software at all layers of our stack – application, operating system, networking, firmware, simulation – to achieve the mission
Other
- Expect a dynamic role doing what you’re best at.
- Whatever your skill set, you’ll be aligned to the part of the program you’re most effectively able to contribute to
- Get a front row seat to witness an impossible idea manifest in real life.
- 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
- Willing to work long hours and weekends as needed
- Ability and willingness to relocate to Starbase, TX (Brownsville, TX area)
