Software Engineer, Flight Software C++ (Starshield)
Location
Hawthorne, CA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
July 01, 2026
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.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, FLIGHT SOFTWARE (STARSHIELD)
The Starshield mission is to support national security through a focus on timely and reliable information delivery. Our partners in the intelligence community and defense services need best-in-class technology, developed and fielded quickly and iteratively. Our goals are focused on delivering meaningful new capabilities through both new hardware development and continual software innovation.
The Starshield Software team is building software that safely and securely operates our constellation of thousands of satellites. We develop distributed software platforms for our classified ground operations centers as well as the embedded software o...
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, FLIGHT SOFTWARE (STARSHIELD)
The Starshield mission is to support national security through a focus on timely and reliable information delivery. Our partners in the intelligence community and defense services need best-in-class technology, developed and fielded quickly and iteratively. Our goals are focused on delivering meaningful new capabilities through both new hardware development and continual software innovation.
The Starshield Software team is building software that safely and securely operates our constellation of thousands of satellites. We develop distributed software platforms for our classified ground operations centers as well as the embedded software o...