What jobs is SpaceX hiring for right now?

As of Nov 3, 2026, SpaceX has 2587 open jobs on Alion. 1197 of them state a salary (46%). They are posted in 10 cities. 594 allow remote or hybrid work. Its postings score A on the Alion truth index.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Nov 1, 2026
Open jobs
2587
With salary
1197 (46%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
537
Median age
78 days

How SpaceX hires

Truth index
A 87/100
Median time to fill
82 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
31%
Reposted roles
0%

SpaceX scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 55 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 31% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 82 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

What SpaceX posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
261
Busiest day
42 Oct 28, 2026
Days with postings
13 / 14
Oct 19, 2026: 13 posted Oct 20, 2026: 19 posted Oct 21, 2026: 14 posted Oct 22, 2026: 23 posted Oct 23, 2026: 25 posted Oct 24, 2026: 4 posted Oct 25, 2026: 1 posted Oct 26, 2026: 25 posted Oct 27, 2026: 36 posted Oct 28, 2026: 42 posted Oct 29, 2026: 23 posted Oct 30, 2026: 34 posted Oct 31, 2026: 2 posted Nov 1, 2026: 0 posted
Oct 19, 2026 weekend Nov 1, 2026

Which roles SpaceX is hiring for

1974 Jobs
Industrial Engineering 719 36.4%
Operations 280 14.2%
Field & Service 254 12.9%
Hardware 215 10.9%
Backend 214 10.8%
Other roles 292 14.8%

Where SpaceX is hiring

SpaceX hires from 22 offices across 1 countries, holding 2895 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at SpaceX is set up

Work format
In office 1994 77%
Hybrid 489 19%
Remote 105 4%
Level
Junior 990 39%
Senior 902 36%
Middle 391 15%
Lead 144 6%
Staff+ 68 3%
Intern 18 1%
Head+ 10 0%
Employment
Contractor 57 66%
Internship 16 19%
Full-Time 13 15%

Salaries in SpaceX vacancies

1197 of 2587 vacancies state a salary (46%). The range below is built from those 1197 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$130k
Median
$160k
Upper quartile
$205k
$100k$265k

All salaries at SpaceX

Open vacancies at SpaceX

$100k – $135k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Redmond
Statistical Process Control
Life Sciences
Design of Experiments
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$100k – $135k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 1+ year exp · Bachelor's Degree · Redmond
Siemens NX
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$100k – $135k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 1+ year exp · Bachelor's Degree · Redmond
Siemens NX
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$100k – $135k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Redmond
Statistical Process Control
Life Sciences
Design of Experiments
Apply
$100k – $135k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Redmond
Python
SQL
MATLAB
Metabase
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$115k – $155k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · High School Diploma · Hawthorne
SQL
Power BI
Management
Confluence
Smartsheet
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$135k – $175k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 1+ year exp · Bachelor's Degree · Palo Alto
JavaScript
TypeScript
CI/CD
Unix
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$175k – $280k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Palo Alto
JavaScript
TypeScript
CI/CD
Unix
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$145k – $200k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
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Hybrid · Nationals only · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bastrop
Python
MATLAB
OCR
Chips/EDA
Statistical Process Control
JMP
Minitab
Design
SolidWorks
AutoCAD
SpaceTech
FMEA
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Questions about jobs at SpaceX

Is SpaceX hiring right now?

Yes. As of Nov 3, 2026, SpaceX has 2587 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does SpaceX hire for?

SpaceX is hiring mostly for Industrial Engineering, Operations, Field & Service. The largest group is Industrial Engineering with 719 open vacancies.

How much does SpaceX pay?

46% of vacancies at SpaceX state a salary. Across those 1197 stated figures the range runs from $130k to $205k, with a median of $160k.

Where does SpaceX hire?

SpaceX has open vacancies in 10 places, most of all in Hawthorne, Bastrop, Redmond.

Does SpaceX offer remote work?

Yes. 594 of the open vacancies at SpaceX allow remote or hybrid work, which is 23% of the board.

How long have SpaceX vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 78 days or less. 1028 vacancies at SpaceX have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How reliable are SpaceX job postings?

SpaceX scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 55 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 31% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 82 days.

How do you apply to SpaceX?

SpaceX accepts applications through Greenhouse, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

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