SpaceX

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the aim of revolutionizing space technology and enabling human life on other planets.

Aerospace & Defense
10K-50K
Founded 2002

Description

  • Design and train reliable, scalable AI/ML models that support engineers across SpaceX.
  • Design agentic AI systems and multi-agent workflows to perform engineering tasks.
  • Build and optimize large-scale machine learning training pipelines for engineering applications.
  • Develop and fine-tune foundation models, including LLMs, vision models, and multimodal systems.
  • Create production-grade AI tools for data analysis, anomaly detection, predictive modeling, and automated decision-making.
  • Collaborate with peers on AI architecture, model design, training strategies, and code reviews.
  • Rapidly prototype AI solutions and measure model performance, accuracy, and technical constraints.
  • Own the full AI model lifecycle from data preparation and training infrastructure through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
  • Investigate complex engineering problems and implement custom-trained AI solutions.
  • Establish standards for model validation, safety, reliability, bias mitigation, and data security.
  • Ensure AI systems are thoroughly tested and validated before production use.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, math, or physics, or 4+ years of professional experience building and training AI/ML systems in lieu of a degree.
  • 5+ years of experience in AI software engineering with model training, fine-tuning, and machine learning systems.
  • 5+ years of programming experience in Python.
  • Strong hands-on experience in AI software engineering focused on model training, fine-tuning, and machine learning systems.
  • Expert understanding of LLM transformer architectures and training procedures, including pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning.
  • Demonstrated experience training and fine-tuning large language models and other foundation models at scale.
  • Proven track record training and optimizing machine learning models for computer vision, such as object detection, segmentation, and 3D reconstruction.
  • Deep expertise with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or equivalent.
  • Experience designing and running large-scale ML training pipelines, including distributed training on GPU clusters, hyperparameter optimization, and experiment tracking.
  • Strong understanding of MLOps best practices, including model versioning, MLflow or Weights & Biases, CI/CD for ML, and automated retraining.
  • Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning theory, deep learning architectures, optimization algorithms, and model evaluation.
  • Proficiency developing on Linux systems.
  • Solid understanding of Git, testing, continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring for ML systems.
  • Experience building complex agentic AI systems and multi-agent workflows.
  • Experience with data infrastructure for training, including PostgreSQL, non-relational databases, data lakes, and feature stores; vector databases are a plus.
  • Experience deploying containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
  • Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements for U.S. export regulations.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $160,000 to $225,000 per year for Software Engineer/Senior roles.
  • Eligibility for long-term incentives, including company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
  • Potential discretionary bonuses.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to buy additional stock at a discount.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave in accordance with company policy.

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