Sophia Musk-burton
Senior Avionics Engineer at SpaceX
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolSophia Musk-burton is a Senior Avionics Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience designing, integrating, and testing flight electrical systems for launch vehicles. Based in the Los Angeles area, she has progressed through multiple avionics roles at SpaceX, representing Starship avionics as the subject-matter expert across design, integration, test, and launch. Her background spans both hardware and software: high-speed PCB design, automated test systems at JPL, and avionics data review and configuration software for Dragon 2. Sophia pairs rigorous engineering discipline with practical solutions—clear in her work on harness design, HITL table audits, and persistent precondition/alarm architectures. She holds dual degrees in Computer Engineering and Computer Science and completed a CS master’s at USC Viterbi, blending systems-level thinking with software fluency. A genuine rockets-and-robots enthusiast, she brings curiosity and cross-domain craftsmanship to complex flight-critical problems.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at USC Viterbi School of EngineeringProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
uscvex/RobotCode
Jan 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:214 commits in 4 years 4 months
54mb/VexCode
Nov 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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