Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $165,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted: 168 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation

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As a Sr. Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation (Starshield), you will join the Starshield Integration & Test team to develop integrated operations and automation infrastructure for Hardware In The Loop testbeds and production floors. You will build modular, reusable test software to interact with flight hardware, test equipment, and production documentation systems. Your daily work involves developing algorithms to analyze complex test data, maintaining automation infrastructure, and creating tools for continuous integration and release systems. You will utilize Python, C, C++, Linux, Windows, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. The role addresses the technical challenge of verifying flight control devices, inertial control devices, and space lasers for government satellites focused on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads within the Starshield product area.

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Skills

Python C C++ Linux Windows Docker Kubernetes Agile TCP/IP VLAN CAN bus SPI I2C Modbus VISA GPIB Signal Processing Numerical Analysis Hardware-in-the-Loop

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 systems.
Develop software to enable test execution across hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) and virtualized hardware simulations.
Create custom automation solutions for engineering and manufacturing challenges using embedded electronics and innovative hardware.
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.
Invent tools to enable 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.
5+ years of software development experience in C, C++, or Python, or full stack software development experience.
Ability and willingness to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee eligible for Department of State authorization.
Extensive knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems (preferred).
Experience with configuration management, version control, continuous integration, and agile development (preferred).
Experience with digital and analog interfaces including GPIB, USB, VISA, TCP/IP, VLAN, CAN bus, SPI, I2C, and Modbus (preferred).
Experience with containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes (preferred).

Software Engineer (Starshield)

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Hawthorne, CA 123 days ago $125,000–$150,000

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