Software Engineer, Collision Avoidance
SpaceX
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $137,500–$199,012 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $168k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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.
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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As a Software Engineer, Tracking (Starshield), you will join the GNC organization to build mission-critical systems for low-earth orbit safety. You will manage the complete software lifecycle, from determining core requirements and prototyping to development, testing, and rollout. Your daily work involves building payload management tools, orbital prediction tools for large spacecraft constellations, and analysis pipelines to verify fleet performance. You will utilize C++ or Python to develop prototypes that quantify technical constraints and analyze system performance. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or CockroachDB. You will solve technical problems related to earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads within a government-focused framework using your knowledge of math, physics, and version control.
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