
SpaceX
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-12, Skillenai has indexed 1,108 SpaceX job postings over the past 90 days (up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks). SpaceX appeared in 1,940 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-12
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Hiring at SpaceX
Weekly SpaceX job postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles SpaceX is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 295 | 26.6% |
| Full Stack Software Engineer | 57 | 5.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 52 | 4.7% |
| Security Software Engineer | 38 | 3.4% |
| Operations Engineer | 35 | 3.2% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 30 | 2.7% |
| Application Software Engineer | 22 | 2.0% |
| Security Engineer | 22 | 2.0% |
| Test Engineer | 20 | 1.8% |
| Embedded Security Engineer | 15 | 1.4% |
Skills in SpaceX job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 679 | 61.3% |
| C++ | 327 | 29.5% |
| Continuous integration | 256 | 23.1% |
| Go | 240 | 21.7% |
| Linux | 239 | 21.6% |
| testing | 216 | 19.5% |
| Java | 215 | 19.4% |
| Version control | 202 | 18.2% |
| Kubernetes | 191 | 17.2% |
| Bazel | 158 | 14.3% |
| SQL | 156 | 14.1% |
| Scala | 153 | 13.8% |
| C | 146 | 13.2% |
| C# | 132 | 11.9% |
| Docker | 128 | 11.6% |
Where SpaceX is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne | 378 | 34.1% |
| Redmond | 286 | 25.8% |
| Bastrop | 164 | 14.8% |
| Palo Alto | 68 | 6.1% |
| Cape Canaveral | 33 | 3.0% |
| Washington | 27 | 2.4% |
| McGregor | 18 | 1.6% |
| Memphis | 16 | 1.4% |
| Woodinville | 15 | 1.4% |
| Sunnyvale | 13 | 1.2% |
Who works at SpaceX
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- python8%
- sql5%
- testing4%
- integration4%
- Thermal4%
- reliability3%
- Falcon 93%
- data analysis3%
- engineering efficiency2%
- Starship2%
- hand calculations2%
- Nx2%
- ground support equipment2%
- Loads2%
- documentation2%
- shock2%
Share of observed positions at SpaceX that list the skill.
Degree level
- Bachelor31
- Master28
- High School6
- PhD2
Field of study
- Computer Science4
- Statistics3
- Mechanical Engineering3
- Aerospace Engineering2
- Aeronautics and Astronautics1
- Artificial Intelligence1
- Business/Managerial Economics1
- Computer and Information Sciences1
Schools
- Purdue University10
- University of Michigan9
- Georgia Institute of Technology8
- University of California, Berkeley7
- University of Washington6
- University of California, Los Angeles6
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
- Texas A&M University5
SpaceX in the news
1,940 news articles and 1,508 blog posts mentioned SpaceX in the last 90 days.
News
- 一周预告 | 美国9月份CPI通胀数据将于周三公布;Paradigm年度会议Frontiers举行,涵盖稳定币、AI等多个议题panewslab.com · October 11, 2026
- Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will pick Claude over Grok when it’s better. One-model loyalty is dead.thenewstack.io · October 10, 2026
- Cursor Launches iOS App for AI-Assisted Mobile Software Developmenttheworldofai.org · October 10, 2026
- SpaceX vs. Micron: Which Is the Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Own for the Next 5 Years?theworldofai.org · October 11, 2026
- Character.AI Alternative 2026: Meta AI vs Grok Compared - https://tech-insider.org/theworldofai.org · October 11, 2026
- Trump's AI rebrand is catching on with tech leaders like Elon Musk and Satya Nadellatheworldofai.org · October 11, 2026
Blogs
- The Indispensability Trap Is Coming Duetechstrong.ai · October 9, 2026
- Trump’s Federal Rebrand of Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence Has Big Tech Falling in Linetechstrong.ai · October 11, 2026
- OpenAI 9 月年化營收據報約 500 億美元,較先前報導的約 700 億美元少 200 億effectstory.com · October 9, 2026
- Zenithon Raises $10M For AI Engineering Modelsseraphim.vc · September 30, 2026
- Most U.S. voters say Trump and Congress take AI risks too lightly, poll findssuperpowerdaily.com · October 11, 2026
- 3 Highlights from the Recent White House AI Meetingainewswire.com · October 6, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to SpaceX over the 90 days ending 2026-10-12; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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- 8e330bf66604684a
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- 90
- profiles_as_of
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