About the company
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.
Job Summary
RESPONSIBILITIES:
📍Create software & automation solutions to execute each mission more simply and reliably than the last 📍Identify operational and engineering challenges within the organization; determine root cause, and develop appropriate process improvements and corrective actions 📍Develop and track key performance metrics, and identify decision points and actions to optimize production and engineering to meet launch and recovery targets 📍Analyze and determine insights from trends and operating metrics to inform critical department strategy and targets 📍Identify and support improvement opportunities for product yield, quality, safety, cost, and team efficiency 📍Capture best practices from other SpaceX teams to apply organizational knowledge, training materials, and lessons-learned to the recovery organization
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
📍Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or physics 📍1+ years of experience in Bash, Python, and/or other scripting language 📍1+ years of professional experience as an operations, process, manufacturing, software, or industrial engineer in a manufacturing, production, or operations environment
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
📍2+ years programming experience in Python, C++, C#, or similar object-oriented language 📍1+ years of rigorous experience building single page web applications 📍1+ years of experience with containerization technologies (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes) 📍1+ years of experience with Linux operating systems 📍Experience with version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts 📍Experience with data exploration tools like Grafana, Jupyter Notebooks, Metabase, PowerBI or similar 📍Expertise in designing software systems 📍Project Management skills – ability to define, plan, execute, monitor, and close projects 📍Demonstrated capability to jump into ill-defined problems and drive positive outcomes 📍Excellent written and communication skills