Software Engineer, Telemetry - Top Secret Clearance (Starlink)

The role

You will design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform for the Starlink program. You will work with a team of engineers to solve challenges that improve hardware utilization.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate a highly reliable, distributed telemetry platform capable of ingesting, processing, storing, and querying data at petabyte scale
• Collaborate with other engineers on architecture, design, and code reviews
• Partner closely with satellite and rocket teams to understand real mission needs and translate them into elegant technical solutions
• Take full end-to-end ownership of the complete software and hardware stack
• Deep dive into business problems, find efficient solutions and apply first principles thinking

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 1+ years of experience in full stack development, software engineering, data engineering, or data science
• Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations

Nice to have

• Programming experience in C#, Java, or similar languages
• Experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale distributed systems for processing and querying high-volume data
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
• Working knowledge of Linux, version control, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and monitoring systems

Benefits

• Company stock, stock options, 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
• 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
• Paid sick leave

Before you apply

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI required
• Subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. They are deploying Starlink, the world's largest satellite constellation providing broadband internet.