# Software Engineer, Test Engineering and Operations 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: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8796056002?gh_jid=8796056002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-software-engineer-test-engineering-and-operations/

## About the role

We are seeking a Software Engineer with strong professional Python and Linux experience to design, develop, and continuously improve software that keeps vehicles and spacecraft buildable, testable, and flyable. This role sits between physical hardware (flight sensors, instrumentation, and checkout equipment) and test and manufacturing operations.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, math, or scientific discipline OR 1+ years' professional experience coding in an object-oriented language (including internships, design/build/compete project teams)
- Minimum of 1+ years of professional software development experience with Python

Tags: Test Engineering and Operations

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