Designs and brings up custom RF silicon for Starlink satellites, ground gateways, and user terminals by writing low-level C/C++/Python driver libraries, building hardware test platforms, and validating silicon software on physical hardware or FPGA emulators.
Designs, develops, and tests SpaceX's in-house high-fidelity real-time simulation software for flight systems, programming core simulation infrastructure and physics models in C++.
Designs and builds hardware-in-the-loop test systems for Starlink software, using Python and CI/CD pipelines alongside electrical and RF test equipment to validate satellite internet hardware before production.
Designs, develops, tests, and maintains software for rocket test stand data acquisition and control at SpaceX's McGregor, TX facility, working closely with hardware and engineering teams. Uses C++, Python, and National Instruments tools to support daily rocket test operations.
Software Engineer on SpaceX's Controls Software team at Starbase, TX, designing and maintaining data acquisition and control software for test stands and launch infrastructure, working closely with hardware and engineering teams using languages such as C++, Python, and LabVIEW.
Designs, develops, and tests in-house C++ simulation software for SpaceX flight systems, building core infrastructure and physics models (fluids, electronics, multi-body) used across Falcon, Dragon, Starlink, and Starship programs.
Designs and builds high-performance C++ simulation infrastructure for SpaceX's Starlink constellation, including vehicle dynamics simulators, Monte Carlo simulations, hardware-in-the-loop setups, testing frameworks, and visualization tools, while collaborating on physics models and hardware representations.
Designs, develops, and tests in-house C++ software for analysis, simulation, and prototyping of SpaceX flight systems. Owns features in a high-performance application used to control and test flight systems, working with real-time data streaming, CI/CD, and tools such as Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and SQL databases.
Builds tools, processes, and core infrastructure (databases, libraries) that enable fast, reliable Starlink development and deployment; owns CI/CD, monitoring, and hands-on troubleshooting across the stack using Python, Go, or C++ with Bazel, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps, and ArgoCD.
Develops test and automation software in Python and C/C++ for SpaceX's Starshield satellite hardware, building HITL testbeds, production-floor tools, and CI infrastructure to verify flight systems.
Designs and builds reliable C++ software for SpaceX's Starshield satellite constellation, including Linux-based spacecraft and microcontroller systems, inter-satellite and ground networking, command-and-control tools, simulations, and CI/release pipelines, owning the full lifecycle from prototyping to on-orbit rollout.
Designs, develops, and tests an in-house application for hardware-in-the-loop and simulation testing of SpaceX flight systems, owning features end-to-end across engineering teams. Core technologies include Python, C++, or Java; CI/CD; full-stack web development; containers; and databases.
Designs, develops, and owns critical simulation and flight software for SpaceX vehicles, building high-throughput distributed systems and real-time data streaming across the design–build–test–operations pipeline. Works with C++, Rust, Go, Python, Java, C#, Docker, Kubernetes, and SQL databases.
Designs, develops, and tests in-house real-time simulation software for SpaceX flight systems, programming core infrastructure and physics models for vehicles such as Falcon, Dragon, and Starship using C++.
SpaceX Starshield software engineers build reliable software that controls satellites in low Earth orbit, writing Linux-based C/C++ code, networking, ground command-and-control systems, and simulations for space-based missions supporting national security.
Builds highly reliable software for SpaceX's Starshield satellite network supporting U.S. government national-security missions, owning code from design and prototyping through testing and on-orbit rollout. Core work uses C/C++ and Python on Linux across processors such as ARM, PowerPC, and x86, with networking and ground systems for satellites.
SpaceX software engineering interns work onsite alongside mentors on real-world projects across U.S. sites, coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python for a 12-week Spring 2027 co-op.
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer on SpaceX's Starlink program maintaining Linux/Buildroot/u-boot platforms, secure boot, spacecraft Ethernet networking, software update processes, and device drivers for Linux-based spacecraft and ground systems using C, C++, Python, and Rust.
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this…
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