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Software Engineer (AI Data Engineering)

SpaceX· Vehicle Engineering Software & AI
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Hawthorne, CA$125k - $195kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Be a member of the Artificial Intelligence Data Engineering Software team at SpaceX, building AI-powered tools and automation to solve engineering problems for launch vehicles and spacecraft. Develop tools that automate repetitive work, process large telemetry and engineering data, and enable engineers to query, analyze, and act on data across internal systems using agentic AI, MCP servers, and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Partner directly with engineering teams to identify their most time-consuming, repetitive, or error-prone work, then design and build tools that automate it
  • Build automation that processes large volumes of engineering data, including telemetry, hardware design databases, configuration files, and manufacturing and test records, to automate data review, flag anomalies, and surface insights
  • Design agentic AI systems, multi-agent workflows, and MCP servers that let engineers query, analyze, and act on data across many internal systems
  • Integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines, mission workflows, and review/sign-off processes so automation runs where engineers already work
  • Build internal web dashboards that give engineers a clear view of mission status, open work, and data review results
  • Rapidly prototype and iterate, then take tools to a production-grade, maintainable state
  • Thoroughly test and validate all tools, including evaluating AI outputs against known-good results, so engineers can trust them in a flight-critical environment
  • Prioritize work by return on investment and track the engineering hours saved

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, or physics; OR 4+ years of professional experience building automation for practical engineering use cases in lieu of a degree
  • 1+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on automation tools and/or AI integrations (professional and personal projects are applicable)
  • 1+ years of programming experience in Python

Skills

Required:PythonCI/CD
Nice to have:Full-stack web dashboardsREST APIsSQL and databases (PostgreSQL, NoSQL, vector DBs)Agentic AI systemsData processing and analytics

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Various discounts and perks
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave as per company policy
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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