Software Engineer, Flight Software (Starlink) is open at SpaceX in Redmond, WA. The posting gives a salary of $125K - $165K. Posted on Aug 26, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Develop highly reliable autonomous software systems, and the full suite of testing needed to ensure their resilience, fault tolerance, and correctness Design software for both vehicles flying in space, and the ground systems that support them Build prototypes and analyze system metrics to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints Own all aspects of software development, including design…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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