Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation (Starshield) is open at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The posting gives a salary of $125K - $150K. Posted on Jun 1, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Develop modular, reusable test and automation software in Python and similar languages for manufacturing and engineering design verification Write automation software to interact with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems Develop software that allows for test execution across multiple environments: hardware-in-the-loop (HITL, HIL) and virtualized hardware simulations…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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