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Posted May 17, 2026

Sr. Software Engineer, Computer Vision

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Description: • Lead computer vision model development and deployment for real-time inspection and automated defect recognition in production-scale manufacturing. • Architect and implement scalable pipelines for model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and retraining. • Develop software that integrates hardware, sensors, and tooling with AI-driven process monitoring systems, including sensor fusion. • Build and optimize production data pipelines, including real-time stream processing and inference. • Collaborate with part/process engineers, NDE engineers, and materials scientists to connect model outputs to manufacturing workflows. • Lead design reviews, code reviews, and technology evaluations. • Enforce best practices for style, CI/CD, accuracy, testability, efficiency, and engineering standards. Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or a related STEM discipline, or 8+ years of professional experience building and deploying AI software/machine learning in lieu of a degree. • 5+ years of software development experience. • 3+ years deploying AI models to production environments. • 3+ years of software engineering experience. • 3+ years of experience using Python for data analysis. • Proven track record as a technical leader in software projects involving AI/ML (preferred). • Hands-on experience deploying computer vision models for real-time manufacturing inspection and defect detection (preferred). • Strong development experience in Python and C++ or similar, with expertise in ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX (preferred). • Hands-on experience with computer vision libraries such as OpenCV (preferred). • Experience fine-tuning and adapting state-of-the-art models such as transformers and vision transformers for production environments (preferred). • Experience fine-tuning LLMs or vision-language models and building agentic tools (preferred). • Experience deploying applications at scale with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud/edge inference for factory automation (preferred). • Experience with ML operations including model versioning, A/B testing, drift detection, and orchestration tools such as Kubeflow, Ray, or MLflow (preferred). • Experience with stream processing tools such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or equivalent (preferred). • Experience with PostgreSQL or similar databases and tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Jupyter (preferred). • Strong Linux experience (preferred). • Experience applying AI to physics or simulation domains using physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) or surrogate modeling (preferred). • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary. • Ability to travel to other SpaceX sites as needed, up to 20%. Benefits: • Pay range of $160,000 to $225,000 per year for the Senior Software Engineer level. • Eligibility for long-term incentives, including company stock or long-term cash awards. • Potential discretionary bonuses. • Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage. • 401(k) retirement plan. • Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave. • Accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job