Embedded Software Engineer, Data Center Engineering (Starmind)

Bastrop, TX · 2+ years experience · Onsite · Posted Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

The Data Center Engineering team at SpaceX designs training and inference compute clusters by pushing thermal, electrical, and optical systems to their physical limits.
As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design, validate, and ship code to autonomously manage large-scale GPU clusters, spanning from firmware ICs to cluster networking.
You will collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and optical engineers to develop automated hardware test environments for thermal, radiation, and power testing.

Develop highly reliable, real-time software for compute tray host systems, baseboard management controllers, network switches, and peripheral rack hardware.
Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews.
Develop prototypes and manage experiments to prove out key design concepts.
Develop tools for software development and deployment, data analysis, and visualization.
Develop tools for test execution across multiple environments, including hardware-in-the-loop regression testbeds and in-field testing.
Deploy reliable software, test execution, and data analysis as part of a continuous integration and release system.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software development in lieu of a degree.
Development experience in C, C++, or assembly.
Experience with application development and distributed systems architecture in a Linux environment.
Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR).

Strong professional experience writing C, C++ or assembly in a production environment.
Experience developing, debugging, and deploying software for real-world hardware applications, especially high-performance computing infrastructure.
Experience with networking protocols (UDP, TCP/IP, etc.) and distributed systems.
Experience in security issues associated with distributed systems and internet services.