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Data Scientist (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Network Engineering
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Redmond, WA$125k - $200kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Data Scientist responsible for developing strategy, metrics, tools, software services, and processes to assess Starlink scaling and network performance, collaborating with engineers and external partners.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain mission-critical infrastructure, tools, processes, and custom software to objectively assess growth areas for the Starlink program
  • Lead technical investigations about chronic network-level issues
  • Automate the aggregation of metrics and detection of widespread application issues across Starlink
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key engineering stakeholders
  • Apply data analytics, models, and techniques to data products created by space vehicles
  • Build ground-based software systems that ingest, transform, and store data
  • Fuse data from multiple sources to create usable information

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, physics, mathematics, or a STEM discipline
  • 1+ years of professional data/software engineering experience (internship experience is applicable)
  • Development experience in an object-oriented programming language (i.e. C, C++, Python)

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s degree in STEMData/software engineering experienceObject-oriented programming

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Various other discounts and perks
  • Paid vacation (3 weeks) and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick time in Washington State
  • Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office (Mon-Fri)
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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