Job opening - Software Test Engineer at Space Explorations Technologies (SpaceX) (Los Angeles, CA)

The Company

SpaceX is a US based space technology company founded by its residing CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, the former co-founder of PayPal. The company's goal is to renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and replacing it with innovation and commercialized price points; laying the foundation for a truly space-faring human civilization.

SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft from the ground up; including electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engines. In-house development includes nearly all flight critical custom components amounting to approximately 85% of our vehicles both by mass and by value. Our development and production efforts represent some of the most dynamic and challenging technology opportunities seen by any organization.

Our success is driven by a wide variety of engineering perspectives and openness to all great ideas. We pride ourselves on bei! ng a meritocracy where employees are defined by their capabilities and contributions, instead of title or tenure. We are actively seeking the best and brightest minds from all industries to continue to build our world class team.

Our employees thrive in a fast-paced engineering ecosystem focused on innovation and high levels of personal responsibility. At SpaceX we cut through the noise and believe in the essentials of hardcore engineering.

We build it, test it, and fly it.

The Department

Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) - Our EIS Software Team has been tasked with developing a custom suite of internal applications critical to the design and production of our Falcon Rockets and Dragon Spacecraft. This system will be capable of tracking every component on our vehicles from the smallest circuit board that controls the spacecraft to the raw copper that will eventually line our rocket engines. It ! has to capture this information, extrapolate key data and gene! rate reports that we can leverage to improve our designs.

The Job
 
Responsibilities:

• Conduct software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, and network environments.


• Design or develop automated testing tools.


• Maintain databases of known test defects.


• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures.


• Develop standards and procedures to determine product quality and release readiness.


• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, and usability.


• Document software defects using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.


• Document test procedures to ensure repeatability and compliance with standards.


• Identify program devianc! e from standards, and suggest modifications to ensure compliance.


• Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.


• Install and configure recreations of software production environments to allow testing of software performance (stress testing).


• Install and use software testing programs


• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.


• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.


• Provide feedback and recommendations to developers and designer on software usability and functionality.


• Update automated test scripts to ensure currency.


• Collaborate with field staff or customers to evaluate or diagnose problems and recommend possible solutions.


• Coordinate user or third party testing.
  
• Conduct historical analyses of test results.


• ! Provide technical support during software installation or configuration.


• Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.

SpaceX offers one of the best environments in the world for employees to learn, build real working systems and tackle exciting challenges every day. We operate in a fun, casual work environment and have great benefits including: competitive salary, stock options, medical/dental insurance and free gym memberships. By joining the SpaceX team, you are not just a part of history, you are making it.

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