Software Engineer (Flight Reliability)

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Hawthorne, CA
Salary
$125,000–$145,000 / yr
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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 · Software Engineer (Flight Reliability)

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Join the Flight Reliability software team at SpaceX as a Software Engineer, contributing to mission-critical applications that enhance launch vehicle production and flight reliability. You will design and deploy agentic AI systems, including LLM prompting and monitoring, while also expanding features in existing systems to improve engineering processes. Key technologies include Docker for containerization, alongside continuous integration and deployment tools. Ideal candidates possess a deep understanding of testing, build pipelines, and system monitoring, with experience in deploying AI-driven solutions. This role involves working on large-scale projects that impact SpaceX’s fleet, from Falcon rockets to Starlink satellites, ensuring reliability and efficiency across various space missions.

Skills

Docker CI/CD LLM Agentic AI Python PostgreSQL Kubernetes Terraform AWS Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Design and deploy agentic AI systems for SpaceX's operations.
  • Manage engineering changes to maintain reliability in vehicle production.
  • Develop mission-critical applications used across SpaceX for various projects.
  • Implement testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring processes.
  • Enhance application features to support the improvement of vehicles while ensuring reliability.

What we're looking for

  • Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems, including LLM prompting and evaluation.
  • Production experience with Docker.
  • Strong background in software development for mission-critical applications.
  • ITAR compliance required for U.S. Department of State regulations.

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