Software Engineer, Geospatial Data (Starshield)
SpaceX · Hawthorne, Canada
About this role
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><strong>SOFTWARE ENGINEER, GEOSPATIAL DATA (STARSHIELD)</strong></p> <p>Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads.</p> <p>The Starshield data team is building highly reliable processing systems for earth observation data captured by Starshield satellites
We're building mission critical models and data processing software in service of constellation efficiency and derived information quality. We're building for national security. Aerospace experience is not required to be successful here-- we want our engineers to bring fresh ideas from all areas
We look for engineers who love solving problems and seek to make an impact on an inspiring mission. As we expand this team, we're looking for versatile, motivated, and collaborative engineers. </p> <p>Our team is involved in designing the space information systems at every phase of development. We build tools that enable us to work more efficiently, and that help us build software systems that are secure, reliable, and autonomous
Our machine learning engineers are responsible for the life cycle of the software they create, including development, testing, and operational support. </p> <p><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></p> <ul> <li data-uuid="f87b99ee-cd6e-4349-9e83-35d347c0b606">Develop novel geospatial data processing models to extract information from raw and partially processed sensor data</li> <li data-uuid="1d09904e-89
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