# Software Engineer (Components) at SpaceX

- Company: SpaceX
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.spacex.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Hawthorne, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-24
- Apply by: 2026-11-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8842775002?gh_jid=8842775002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-software-engineer-components/

## About the role

As a Software Engineer on the Components Engineering team, you will have the unique opportunity to design and develop across multiple software fields and technologies as well as cross disciplinarily with multiple hardware teams. You will be expected to create novel, robust software from the ground up which enables testing, analysis, and production of rocket components.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, math, or science discipline
- 2+ years of software programming experience using Python, C, or similar. Time spent in school and on individual projects is acceptable experience
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Tags: Components Test - Starship