Software Engineer, Telemetry

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CARedmond, WA
Salary: $125,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted: 90 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.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Telemetry

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As a Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink), you will join the Starlink program to solve complex challenges involving the full utilization of deployed hardware. You will work with a team of engineers to design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform capable of ingesting, processing, storing, and querying data at a petabyte scale. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating on architecture and code reviews, partnering with satellite and rocket teams to translate mission needs into technical solutions, and taking end-to-end ownership of the software and hardware stack. The role requires proficiency in C#, Java, or similar languages, along with experience in Kubernetes, containerized deployments, Linux, version control, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring systems. You will apply first principles thinking to optimize large-scale distributed systems for high-volume data.

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Skills

C# Java Kubernetes Linux CI/CD Distributed Systems Data Engineering Full Stack Development Containerized Deployments Version Control Monitoring Systems Testing

What you'll do

Design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform.
Ingest, process, store, and query data at a petabyte scale.
Translate real mission needs from satellite and rocket teams into technical solutions.
Take full end-to-end ownership of the complete software and hardware stack.
Apply first principles thinking to find efficient solutions for complex business problems.
Perform architecture design and participate in rigorous code reviews.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline.
2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree.
1+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science.
Programming experience in C#, Java, or similar languages (preferred).
Experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for processing and querying high-volume data (preferred).
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments (preferred).
Working knowledge of Linux, version control, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and monitoring systems (preferred).
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.

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