Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $125,000–$145,000 / yr
Posted: 153 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 851 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 590 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation

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As a Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation (Starlink), you will join the Starlink team to design software and build systems that test flight components and entire satellites for maximum performance in extreme environments. You will develop modular, reusable test and automation software to interact with flight hardware, test equipment, and production documentation systems. Your daily work involves creating automation for hardware-in-the-loop and virtualized simulations, developing algorithms to analyze complex test data, and maintaining automation infrastructure. You will utilize Python, C, and C++ alongside Linux and Windows operating systems. The role requires expertise in computer architecture, networks, and various digital and analog interfaces like GPIB, USB, and CAN bus. You will solve critical engineering challenges by ensuring reliable test systems for spacecraft components like inertial control devices and space lasers.

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Skills

Python C C++ Linux Windows SQL REST APIs HTML CSS Grafana Agile Hardware-in-the-Loop TCP/IP VLAN CAN bus SPI I2C Modbus VISA GPIB Signal Processing Numerical Analysis

What you'll do

Develop modular, reusable test and automation software in Python for manufacturing and engineering design verification.
Write automation software to interact with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation.
Create software for test execution across hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and virtualized hardware simulations.
Develop algorithms to analyze complex test data to determine if components meet acceptance criteria.
Maintain and troubleshoot existing automation infrastructure to identify and correct root causes of failures.
Define project plans and manage milestones to ensure reliable test systems are delivered to production.
Invent tools for frequent software deployment, test execution, and data analysis within a continuous integration system.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience.
Development experience in Python and/or C, C++.
U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Extensive knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems, computer architecture, and networks (preferred).
Experience with configuration management, version control, continuous integration, and agile development (preferred).
Experience automating processes and testing to improve manufacturing yields and reduce production time (preferred).
Experience with digital and analog interfaces including GPIB, USB, VISA, TCP/IP, VLAN, CAN bus, SPI, I2C, and Modbus (preferred).
Experience with high power electrical systems, electro-mechanical systems, and embedded hardware product development (preferred).