Application Software Engineer, Flight Software
Hawthorne · 1+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 18, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Hawthorne
About the role
- The application software team creates mission critical applications used throughout SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight, as well as systems supporting Starlink.
- Engineers build and evolve systems for rapid build and reuse of Starship and design next-generation manufacturing software for high throughput factories.
- You will have full ownership of challenging problems, working with a team of enthusiastic engineers to design and produce solutions enabling SpaceX to meet its goals.
Responsibilities
- Develop highly reliable software solutions that are used across SpaceX
- Create new applications that improve how SpaceX operates
- Build prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints
- Own all aspects of software engineering and product development
- Deep dive into your users’ problems to find and create efficient solutions
- Bring your voice to the table in team collaborations on architecture, design, and code reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
- 1+ years of experience in full stack development
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to conform to U.S. Government export regulations
Preferred qualifications
- Programming experience in Python, C#.NET, Go, Scala, Java, or similar object-oriented language
- 1+ years of rigorous experience building single page web applications
- Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
- Expertise in designing software systems
- Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & monitoring
- Expertise in profiling and improving application performance
- Experience with build systems (Make, Bazel/Pants/Buck, Gradle) and package management tools (pip, npm)
- Experience with UNIX-like operating systems and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for managing them
Benefits
- Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Workplace
- This role requires you to be onsite; remote and/or hybrid work will not be considered.
Skills
- Python
- C#.NET
- Go
- Scala
- Java
- Make
- Bazel
- Gradle
- Pip
- Npm
- Terraform
- Ansible
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- Puppet
- Docker
- Kubernetes
