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Software Engineer, C++ (Dragon)

SpaceX· Falcon and Dragon Avionics & Software Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$125k - $150kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Software engineer on the Dragon team responsible for developing, analyzing, and verifying mission-critical flight software configurations for crewed and cargo vehicles, with a focus on reliable deployments and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, execute, and analyze the code and configuration for the software systems that fly our vehicles
  • Invent new tools that enable more frequent and reliable software deployment, automated data review, and automated configuration verification
  • Analyze test results and bugs that require in-depth investigations
  • Troubleshoot flight hardware/software systems with interdisciplinary engineering teams
  • Plan and execute vehicle testing milestones
  • Support mission operations as a flight software specialist
  • Roll out new software changes to the vehicle fleet
  • Occasional travel to launch sites and customer sites for testing and/or operations

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline OR 2+ years of experience in software development in lieu of degree
  • 1+ years of software development experience in C/C++

Skills

Required:C/C++Linux
Nice to have:Real-time embedded systemsSoftware documentationState machines

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • 5 days of sick leave per year for exempt employees
  • stock options or long-term incentives
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • various other discounts and perks
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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