I wish!
What they do is rocket science after all😀
The engineering in SpaceX Redmond is run by a lot of failed people, former WPI people from what I was told. some have recently moved back to Microsoft. I would think SpaceX in the Bay is probably where the real talent lies.
Except there is no SpaceX in the bay 🤔
The Redmond office is very very different than the HQ. Everything from the talent, culture, and eng style. Not sure if it’s the fact that the satellite schedule is insane or what but it’s seems more organized down here at the HQ.
I've been working at spacex for a little over 4.5 yrs
I am a software developer and have worked at Amazon for last 3 years. I am also not a US citizen. is there any way for me to get into SpaceX? if so, how should I go about it?
Any way you could nudge your team to hire a new tech recruiter? I've been involved with SF hiring/corporate/startups for many years. All I want in life is to join a forward thinking team.
@Manafort, unfortunately due to nature of the business (building/launching giant rockets) there are ITAR and government regulations that do not allow non-US citizens to work at SpaceX. I have noticed some people have "(ITAR Licensed)" next to their name in the system. I did a quick search and found there are 16 such people that work at spacex with this suffix. I'm assuming these people may not be us citizens but have somehow obtained an ITAR license. perhaps you can look into that.
How are the working hours for software engineers there? I have heard it is intense? Like 60-100 hours per week?
I'm not too sure but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm a Supplier Quality Specialist (took over the roles of the supplier quality engineers) lately I been working over three 16hr days per week and minimum 12 hr days. typically around 70 hrs/week but my group is under staffed. I have friends that are senior structures engineers and they work 50 hrs a week typically.
Flight software engineer here-feel free to ask
Do you guys ever hire flight software engineers without experience in that kind of software development?
I'm interested in how the work is divided up between Hawthorne and Redmond; is the flight group in both locations or just Hawthorne? I'm interested in applying, just don't know if I can deal with LA. Any other insights you would offer to a potential candidate? Thx!
Thanks @hehexd! Two more questions... what is "DS"? Also, how modern are you guys with C++? 98/11/14?
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