Mission Integration Engineer, AI

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $100,000–$115,000 / yr
Posted: 106 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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.

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TL;DR · Mission Integration Engineer, AI

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Mission Integration Engineer, AI (Starshield) - Top Secret Clearance joins the data applications team to build mission-critical AI solutions for Starshield, focusing on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. This role involves identifying pain points, scoping product specifications, and developing full-stack solutions to manage scalable AI content interaction systems. You will design and build LLM-powered software, enhance model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning, and develop prototypes to quantify technical constraints for secure deployment. The work involves creating immersive earth observation experiences and managing RAG pipelines, tool callers, and AI orchestration systems. Required skills include Python development, JavaScript libraries like React, Angular, or Redux, and experience with Linux environments, Kubernetes, vector databases, and image data processing. This role addresses the technical challenge of providing reliable software for government and enterprise use cases within a national security context.

Skills

Python React Angular Redux LLM RAG Kubernetes Vector Databases Linux SSH JavaScript Machine Learning Web Services Fine-tuning

What you'll do

Develop full-stack solutions to manage scalable AI content interaction systems.
Build prototypes to prove design concepts and quantify technical constraints.
Design and build LLM-powered software for government and enterprise use cases.
Enhance model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning.
Create immersive earth observation experiences for users in various environments.
Manage the full software lifecycle from initial requirement gathering to production rollout.
Develop RAG pipelines, tool callers, and AI orchestration systems.
Implement high-performance vector databases and manage distributed applications across cloud networks.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, physics, mathematics, or an engineering discipline.
Professional experience developing Python applications.
Experience with JavaScript libraries such as React, Angular, and/or Redux.
Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance.
Experience developing web services and distributed applications across cloud and on-premise networks.
Experience with Linux server environments, including SSH, scripting, and configuration.
Experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration frameworks.
TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.