SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
About the role
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 possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or other nature science discipline
- 3+ years of professional experience in operational forecasting, launch/range weather, numerical weather prediction, or weather decision support
- Ability to pass Air Force background checks for Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral
- Ability to work at elevated heights and/or in tight spaces as needed for sensor or balloon operations
- Must be willing to travel, including extended periods at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Starbase, and other sites
- Must be available to work extended hours, nights, weekends, and holidays when required by mission milestones
More about this role
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 possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
- Serve as Launch Weather Officer (LWO) for orbital launch, return-to-launch-site, re-entry, recovery, and test operations—owning weather workflows from forecast, balloon, and sensor data through countdown, launch commit criteria, contingency response, and post-flight data review
- Develop new decision-support forecast tools, integrate probabilistic forecast information into operator tools, and train operators and end-users of forecasts
- Improve launch availability by developing new weather tools, improving launch commit criteria, and coordination with SpaceX launch operations and the external weather stakeholders that support launch and re-entry operations
- Lead projects on weather-sensor architecture, numerical weather prediction tools, launch commit criteria, including NASA LLCCs, and marine/recovery weather
- Generate rocket launch, landing, and recovery forecasts against vehicle constraints, NASA...
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