# Sr. AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. SR. AI SECURITY SOFTWARE ENGINEER (STARSHIELD) AI is rapidly transforming the national security landscape. SpaceX needs to lead the way by developing AI solutions to solve the most pressing security problems. We can no longer respond at human speed in order to counter threats from adversaries - it is critical that we develop solutions to deal with this problem now. As a senior engineer on the newly formed AI security team, you will develop AI-powered automation and platforms to identify and fix vulnerabilities, perform real-time detections/investigations/network defense, and more. This team heavily leverages AI for fast-paced development and rollout, while also ensuring that these AI security tools can be highly trusted and secure themselves. If you are passionate about AI, software, and security this role is for you. Prior security engineering experience is preferred but not required. A great candidate ha

- **Id**: 3648221
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spacex-sr-ai-security-software-engineer-starshield-4>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hawthorne, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T19:07:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T03:03:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6172
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Launch Services, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 66
- **Name**: SpaceX
- **Domain**: spacex.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/spacex>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 56
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.054
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 85
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 170000
- **Max**: 265000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 265000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Go** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T23:18:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 85
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 265000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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