Sr. Software Engineer, C++ (Dragon)

Hawthorne, CA💼 Full-time💰 $165,000–$165,000🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-31

Core

Develop, analyze, and verify mission-critical software configurations for SpaceX's Dragon Crewed and Cargo vehicles to ensure safe and reliable flight operations.

Role type

Senior C++ Software Engineer (Flight Software)

Builds

Flight software configurations and automated deployment tools for Dragon vehicles

Domain

Aerospace / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C/C++ development, embedded systems, Linux (Bash, networking), software testing, state machines, system diagramming

Preferred skills

Electronics/controls knowledge, real-time systems, software documentation, bug investigation

Technologies

C++, Linux, Bash

Responsibilities

Develop and analyze code/configurations for vehicle flight software, invent tools for automated deployment and verification, analyze test results and bugs, troubleshoot flight systems, plan vehicle testing milestones, support mission operations, roll out software changes to fleet

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About spacex

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing20010Hawthorne, California, USFounded 2002

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Eart