Sr. Software Engineer, Computer Vision

Hawthorne, CAfull time

On Site

senior

$160k–$225k

H1B: no

SpaceX Senior Software Engineer specializing in computer vision and AI/ML to develop real-time inspection and defect recognition tools for manufacturing at SpaceX. Lead end-to-end AI model development and deployment for production-scale applications.

Responsibilities

Lead computer vision model development and deployment for real-time inspection and automated defect recognition in production-scale manufacturing
Architect and implement pipelines for scalable model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and retraining using industry-standard tools like Ray Train/Serve, Kubeflow, Airflow, or equivalent
Develop software to integrate hardware, sensors, and tooling (including sensor fusion) with AI-driven process monitoring systems
Build and optimize data pipelines from production lines, incorporating real-time stream processing and inference
Collaborate with part/process engineers, NDE engineers, and materials scientists to link advanced models and outputs to manufacturing
Lead design and code reviews, technology evaluations, and enforce best practices (e.g., style, CI/CD, accuracy, testability, efficiency, and standards)

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in computer scienceStream processing with Apache Kafka

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, or 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 leveraging Python for data analysis

Preferred

Proven track record as a technical leader in software projects involving AI/ML
Hands-on experience deploying computer vision models for real-time manufacturing inspection and defect detection
Strong development experience in Python and C++ (or similar), with expertise in ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX
Hands-on experience with computer vision libraries (e.g., OpenCV)Experience fine tuning and adapting state-of-the-art models, such as transformers and vision transformers, to production environments
Experience fine-tuning LLMs or vision-language models and building agentic tools
Experience deploying applications at scale with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud/edge inference for factory automation
Expertise in machine learning/LLM operations including model versioning, A/B testing, drift detection, and orchestration with Kubeflow, Ray, MLFlow, or similar
Stream processing with Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or equivalent

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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