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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.
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851 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
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The Software Engineer (Starship) joins the Data and Operations Engineering team within the Starship Supply Chain group. This role involves owning the entire lifecycle of automations, applications, and data pipelines to support the Starfactory and thousands of annual launches. You will query, clean, and transform data to inform supply chain operations, develop operational metrics, and collaborate with central software teams on ecosystem roadmaps. Required skills include experience in data engineering, full stack development, or software engineering using Python, C#, or similar languages. You should be proficient with SQL, relational databases, and data orchestration tools like Airflow, Prefect, or dbt. Additionally, the role utilizes Pandas, NumPy, PyTorch, and visualization tools like Power BI or Grafana to solve complex supply chain and material flow problems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Own the entire lifecycle of projects from problem identification and architecture to implementation and monitoring.
Manage and maintain automated systems, applications, and data pipelines.
Query, clean, and transform data to provide actionable insights for all levels of the supply chain.
Develop and standardize key process indicators and other operational metrics.
Build and maintain ETL processes and data orchestration workflows.
Create web apps, dashboards, and self-service platforms for non-technical stakeholders.
Collaborate with central software teams on software ecosystem visions, requirements, and roadmaps.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software or data pipelines in lieu of a degree.
1+ years of experience in data engineering, data science, full stack development, or software engineering via projects, research, internships, and/or professional experience.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet major milestones.
Must be able to travel up to 10% of the work week to other sites.
Must be able to work onsite in Hawthorne, CA.
Experience managing UNIX-like operating systems via the command line (preferred).
Strong proficiency with SQL and experience designing and querying relational databases (preferred).
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