Manages software engineering teams that build and support SpaceX's People systems—HRIS, payroll, timekeeping, benefits, recruiting, and employee lifecycle applications—providing technical leadership, people management, and roadmap ownership using full-stack web, database, and CI/CD technologies.
Develops and qualifies high-rate manufacturing processes for Starship propulsion, avionics, and welded structural assemblies at SpaceX. Day-to-day work includes designing precision tooling, automating production lines, running acceptance tests, and collaborating with design engineers on design-for-manufacturing improvements, using SQL, weld automation, and in-situ inspection.
Develops full-stack, LLM-powered AI applications for SpaceX's Starshield government missions, including earth observation and secure scalable deployment, using Python, JavaScript/React, Kubernetes, and vector databases.
Supports SpaceX's Starshield national security satellite program as a Mission Integration Engineer, serving as customer interface, developing mission and operations plans, and owning ground segment architecture including compute, networking, and software systems. Collaborates across software, flight reliability, and payload integration teams from requirements through on-orbit commissioning.
Owns security certification, customer liaison, and technical integration for SpaceX Starshield satellite programs, guiding requirements through test, delivery, and on-orbit deployment while coordinating with software, hardware, and security engineering teams and U.S. government customers.
Owns the payload-to-platform interface (mechanical, electrical, data, thermal) for customer payloads on SpaceX's host vehicle, driving requirements, interface trades, integration and test, and mission operations from definition through flight and on-orbit support.
As a Mission Integration Engineer for Starshield at SpaceX, the person serves as the main customer contact from early capability studies through launch and on-orbit activation, leads system trades across launch vehicles, spacecraft, and sensors, and supports proposals and mission execution. Core technologies include spacecraft systems, launch vehicles, sensors, and mission interfaces.
Develops and maintains integrated testing infrastructure for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet network, validating and deploying network software features across satellites, ground stations, and user antennas using Python, C++, Linux, and containerization tools.
As an OS/Platform Software Engineer on SpaceX's Starlink program, you maintain and develop low-level platform software for Linux-based satellites and ground systems, from bootloaders to device drivers and secure boot. Core technologies include Linux, Buildroot, u-boot, C/C++, Python/Rust, ARM embedded systems, and spacecraft networking.
The OT Systems Engineer supports SpaceX's mission IT team by designing, deploying, and maintaining operational technology and industrial control systems for launch, manufacturing, and commodities generation. The role blends OT expertise with IT skills like virtualization, VDI, GitOps, and edge compute to build secure, high-availability ICS environments across multiple sites.
Designs and automates RF test infrastructure and capabilities for SpaceX's Starshield satellite communications systems, using Python, C++, and lab equipment such as VNAs and spectrum analyzers while collaborating with hardware and DSP teams.
Designs and builds security infrastructure and features for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system, including cryptographic services and security for routers, dishes, gateways, and satellites. Requires 8+ years of security software development with languages such as Python, C++, or Golang.
Designs and builds security infrastructure for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system, including cryptographic services and security features for routers, dishes, gateways, and satellites. Requires 8+ years of security software development experience with Python, C++, or Golang.
Design and build security infrastructure for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet system, including cryptographic services and security features for routers, dishes, gateways, and satellites. Requires 8+ years of security software development experience with Python, C++, or Golang.
Designs, builds, and scales a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink, working on distributed systems, networking, traffic shaping, and observability using C, C++, or Rust.
Designs, builds, and scales a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink, creating robust distributed systems and traffic-shaping tools; requires C/C++/Rust development, 5+ years distributed systems or CDN experience, and 7+ years networking experience.
Designs, builds, and scales a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Starlink, creating distributed systems and traffic-shaping tools across multiple CDNs. Core work involves C/C++/Rust development, networking, caching, load balancing, and real-time observability for SpaceX's satellite internet service.
Designs, maintains, and scales SpaceX's Starship continuous integration systems and on-premises compute so hundreds of engineers can continuously deliver reliable software to vehicles and launch pads; hands-on with Bazel and Python, C++, Rust, or Go.
Designs, maintains, and scales continuous integration systems that let hundreds of SpaceX engineers integrate code and deliver reliable software to Starship vehicles and launch pads. Works with Bazel, Python, C++, Rust, or Go on build infrastructure and on-premises compute.
Leads the technical vision and architecture for SpaceX’s AI platform and security infrastructure, building scalable gateways, proxy systems, and MLOps tooling that lets engineers across the company use AI safely and effectively with Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and multi-cloud integrations.
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