Full Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $125,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted: 30 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $198k

This role $142k

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This role pays less than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $177,225–$218,731 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $198k for comparable roles.

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

SpaceX currently has 680 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Full Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems

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Full Stack Software Engineer, Manufacturing Systems joins the application software team to develop mission-critical systems that accelerate launch vehicle production and flight operations. This role involves building prototypes to prove design concepts, owning all aspects of product development, and creating new applications to improve internal operations. The engineer will solve complex problems related to high-throughput manufacturing for Starlink and rapid build and reuse of Starship. Technical requirements include experience in full stack development with languages like Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, or Java. Candidates should be proficient in single page web applications using Angular or React, and possess skills in PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Apache Kafka. Additional expertise includes version control, CI/CD pipelines, build systems like Bazel or Gradle, and infrastructure management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet on UNIX-like operating systems.

Skills

Python C#.NET Go Scala Java Angular React JavaScript PostgreSQL SQL Server Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Puppet Apache Kafka RabbitMQ ActiveMQ Make Bazel Pants Buck Gradle pip npm

What you'll do

Develop highly reliable software solutions used across various SpaceX operations.
Create new applications to improve internal operational efficiency and manufacturing processes.
Build prototypes to validate design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Take full ownership of all aspects of software engineering and product development.
Analyze user problems deeply to engineer and implement efficient technical solutions.
Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews with the engineering team.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or a scientific discipline, or 2+ years of professional software experience.
At least 1 year of experience in full stack development.
Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented languages (preferred).
Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts (preferred).
Expertise in designing software systems, testing, deployment, monitoring, and performance profiling (preferred).
Experience with build systems, package management tools, and UNIX-like operating systems (preferred).
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, front-end frameworks like Angular or React, and database technologies (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.

Full Stack Software Engineer, Developer Systems

SpaceX

Hawthorne, CA 12 days ago $125,000–$160,000

Python C# Go Scala Java Angular React JavaScript Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Puppet Apache Kafka RabbitMQ ActiveMQ PostgreSQL SQL Server Make Bazel Pants Buck Gradle pip npm

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