# Software Engineer, Flight Software (Starship)

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 (STARSHIP) SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry in excess of 100 metric tons to Earth orbit. As a Software Engineer on the Starship software team, you will design, develop, and test software that is used to both control and simulate SpaceX flight systems. You will engage with other SpaceX software and hardware engineers to implement and debug software at all layers of our stack - application, operating system, networking, firmware, simulation - to achieve the mission. Aerospace experience is not required to be successful here - rather we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who l

- **Id**: 3889966
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spacex-software-engineer-flight-software-starship-3>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Brownsville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T20:18:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T21:17:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3839
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 66
- **Name**: SpaceX
- **Domain**: spacex.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/spacex>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 56
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.036
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T20:48:59Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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