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tjtrapp | 5 years ago

We're hiring for Starship and Starlink software teams: https://grnh.se/080f65d02us

It sounds like you're passionate about your work and that's an important quality. As gorgoiler points out, "Making a difference in the world is what counts."

If you'd like to help, consider applying! :)

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pinewurst|5 years ago

The application forms are pretty ridiculous with theIr insistence on school/graduation dates (some reqs) and SAT/ACT scores (all).

As a very experienced engineer, I can’t accept being judged on (historical) trivia.

benhurmarcel|5 years ago

At least you can apply, you're American.

rbanffy|5 years ago

Same here. Understand they need to somehow weed through their applications. Experienced engineers are costly to assess and having a cheap test to remove the obvious negatives helps them at the cost of a few false ones. :-(

I'm also not a US citizen, so that's another cheap test I can't pass.

mulcahey|5 years ago

I would presume it depends on whom you're asking. E.g. Elon's stated multiple times that he believes requirements of degrees on many of Tesla's job postings to be "absurd"[0][1]

[0] https://youtu.be/ywPqLCc9zBU?t=2733

[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1208841343440568320?s=20

Robotbeat|5 years ago

I would apply anyway. SpaceX judges more heavily on outside projects than academic credentials.

The US citizen (and/or permanent resident) thing is probably not negotiable, though, because SpaceX does a lot of Nat Sec stuff.

xiphias2|5 years ago

It's OK, you don't need to. There are many companies with different requirements, so you're just probably not a good fit.

client4|5 years ago

Y'all looking for Telco people for the northern tier of the US ground stations? North Dakota is a hard place to get 100Gs wavelengths ;)

damon-|5 years ago

TJ, I'd like to apply for supply chain. Any expertise there?

I don't work overtime and I'm not a fan of Thai food

h3rsko|5 years ago

My dream is to work for spaceX, but I'm NY. Do you his have remote teams or a NY office?

0xffff2|5 years ago

I find it completely baffling that it's your dream to work for SpaceX but you're unwilling to relocate? I'm stuck in the bay area (which I absolutely despise) because of my job, but I get to write flight software for spacecraft so I deal with it.

jessriedel|5 years ago

Hopefully tjtrapp can give you more details, but I have a friend who joined SpaceX as a software developer and they are fully remote if they want to be for the foreseeable future.

0xffff2|5 years ago

How's the work/life balance these days? Are 60-80 hour work weeks still the norm?

walrus01|5 years ago

Is the starlink software team based in Redmond or Hawthorne?

mulcahey|5 years ago

There are Starlink software positions available at both locations.

For example, here is a web development position in Hawthorne: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4682610002?gh_jid=4...

And a network position in Redmond: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4770694002?gh_jid=4...

Here is the job board for all software positions: https://www.spacex.com/careers/index.html?department=Softwar...

Allower|5 years ago

Sounds cool, but I value my sleep ;-)