Software Engineer, Design Software (Starship)
SpaceX
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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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As a Software Engineer on SpaceX’s Design Software team in Starship, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining software that aids engineers in creating, analyzing, and distributing design data for spacecraft components. Your daily tasks will include integrating electronics design software with manufacturing equipment, processing mesh data, rendering 3D graphics, and building flight simulations and mobile applications. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to solve complex problems by interfacing with external APIs or hardware, ensuring that your solutions are scalable and efficient. This role requires expertise in graph databases like Neo4j, 3D graphics frameworks such as three.js or OpenGL, and experience with CAD software integration. The position offers a high degree of autonomy and responsibility within SpaceX’s ambitious Starship project, which aims to make space travel more cost-effective and reusable on a large scale.
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