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# Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering

- **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- **Location:** Hawthorne, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $125,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Computer Vision, C Sharp (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Information Engineering, Relational Databases, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, NumPy, OpenCV, Tensorflow, SciPy, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Test Data, Web Applications, Pytorch, ReactJS, Grafana, Jupyter, Pandas, AngularJS, Information Technology, Api Design, Software Version Control, Software Library
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-ai-data-engineering-spacex-10191659

## About the Role

We are looking for engineers who treat teammates with fairness, respect, and support. Aerospace experience is not required. You will have full ownership of hard production problems and will work with domain experts who use these tools on the critical path to flight, across all business verticals, from design to GNC to vehicle software engineers to flight operations., * Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, physics, or a scientific discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree

 * 1+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or data science

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

 * Programming experience in Python (C# or similar is a plus)
 * Experience with data analysis libraries (pandas, NumPy, SciPy)
 * Experience with machine learning libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar)
 * Experience with data exploration tools (Grafana, Jupyter, Metabase, or similar)
 * Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
 * Experience building APIs and internal web applications
 * Experience applying computer vision (OpenCV, Ultralytics, or similar) to production video or image review
 * Familiarity with HPC or batch compute (schedulers, containers, shared filesystems) - not required; we will teach the cluster
 * Good understanding of version control, testing, CI, deploy, and monitoring
 * Some front-end experience (React, Angular, or similar)
 * Ability to communicate clearly with users and domain experts, * To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

## Description

* Develop reliable, scalable pipelines, data analysis libraries, and services on vehicle telemetry and test data
 * Build and improve user-facing analysis applications
 * Prototype quickly (notebooks, reports, agents, computer vision, or APIs), then productionize what proves out - including video/inspection review where it saves engineering hours
 * Own software from design through test, deploy, and operation
 * Deep-dive with domain experts across avionics, GNC, propulsion, structures, and launch operations


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