Jobs at SpaceX

Support accounts receivable and collections through aging management, customer outreach, dispute resolution, payment coordination, reconciliations, dunning workflows, and ledger maintenance. Respond to billing inquiries, document resolutions, monitor account escalation thresholds, and collaborate with Billing, Revenue Accounting, Sales, Customer Success, Deal Desk, and Legal. Provide AR data for monthly and quarterly close while identifying recurring issues and maintaining strong customer relationships.

Design, deploy, operate, and improve highly scalable Starlink software infrastructure. Responsibilities include upgrading distributed systems for sharding and geo-redundancy, advancing deployment and monitoring platforms, managing petabyte-scale bare-metal clusters, troubleshooting performance bottlenecks, and supporting services throughout the software development lifecycle. The role requires collaboration across engineering teams and may involve extended hours or weekends when needed.

Leads supply chain strategy and sourcing for datacenter compute infrastructure, including GPUs, CPUs, storage, servers, racks, and ODM/CM relationships. Builds and manages sourcing teams, develops commodity strategies, secures supply, negotiates major agreements, manages supplier performance and risks, drives cost reductions, and aligns engineering roadmaps with vendors. The role requires extensive compute hardware supply chain experience, people leadership, cross-functional collaboration, domestic and international travel, and onsite work in Austin or Palo Alto.

Conduct full-cycle technical recruiting for SpaceX corporate functions, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate evaluation, offer negotiation, background checks, and onboarding. Partner with hiring managers on headcount planning and hiring strategy, manage candidate pipelines, coordinate onsite experiences and tours, and represent the company professionally. The role requires technical recruiting expertise, high-volume sourcing, strong stakeholder relationships, autonomy, and availability for extended hours or weekends.

Build full-stack software for Starlink Enterprise, including responsive frontends, distributed backend systems, device-management tools, and internal interfaces. Responsibilities include architecture, development, debugging, performance optimization, user problem analysis, code reviews, and collaboration across engineering and business teams. Engineers own delivery outcomes and may work across UI, backend, and embedded software systems.

Build full-stack software for Starlink Enterprise customers and internal teams. Responsibilities include developing responsive frontends, designing and maintaining complex backend and distributed systems, managing device interfaces, debugging performance-critical applications, collaborating across engineering and business teams, and contributing to architecture, design, and code reviews. The role requires ownership of outcomes and willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

Own global ODM and contract manufacturer management for SpaceX compute and network hardware. Responsibilities include supplier selection, qualification, onboarding, performance governance, SOW and commercial agreement negotiation, cost reduction, value engineering, manufacturing strategy, NPI-to-mass-production standardization, inventory optimization, and KPI management. The role partners with engineering and manufacturing teams to accelerate high-volume cluster deployment while improving delivery, quality, cost, yield, and supply resilience.

Own global sourcing strategy, supplier qualification, vendor management, commercial negotiations, inventory, and delivery for datacenter switches and optics. Partner with engineering and network teams on technology roadmaps and approved vendor lists, secure resilient supply, reduce costs and lead times, manage supplier innovation, and establish performance KPIs. The role requires onsite work in Palo Alto and domestic and international travel as needed.

Perform month-, quarter-, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and compliance with US GAAP. Support inventory, fixed assets, and cost accounting; collaborate with auditors and cross-functional finance teams; guide junior staff; and identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and best practices. The role is onsite in Palo Alto and may require extended hours during critical deadlines.

Coordinates phone and onsite interviews, candidate travel, interview logistics, and candidate experience. Supports recruiters with administrative tasks, recruiting events, sourcing, candidate tours, and special projects. The role requires strong organization, communication, discretion, flexibility, and the ability to work fully onsite in Palo Alto, including overtime as needed.

Performs month-, quarter-, and year-end close activities, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and financial reporting support. The role supports inventory, fixed assets, and cost accounting; ensures compliance with US GAAP and internal controls; collaborates with auditors and cross-functional finance teams; and identifies process improvements and automation opportunities. The position is onsite in Palo Alto and may require extended hours during critical deadlines.

Develop and maintain Linux-based operating systems for SpaceX’s supercomputer network fabric and Starlink laser mesh. Build high-performance device drivers, deploy and debug production platforms, improve observability and configuration tools, root-cause reliability issues, and collaborate with hardware teams and partners on next-generation hardware bring-up and software integration.

Develop and maintain a high-reliability Linux operating system for supercomputer networking and Starlink satellite laser mesh systems. Build high-performance device drivers, debug and root-cause production anomalies, improve observability and configuration tools, and collaborate with hardware teams to bring up new systems. The role requires C or C++ systems programming, Linux kernel and networking expertise, hardware bring-up, driver optimization, peripheral interface knowledge, and OS security experience.

Own the reliability, performance, and stability of AI integrations supporting U.S. government missions. Responsibilities include monitoring services, responding to alerts and customer issues, troubleshooting outages, improving observability, addressing technical debt, developing lasting fixes, and partnering with stakeholders to prototype solutions. The role includes on-call rotations, occasional weekend work, government-site travel, and obtaining a Top Secret clearance.

Lead strategic connectivity projects that expand Starlink’s social and economic impact across APAC, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Develop business-aligned strategies, build relationships with philanthropic organizations and development banks, manage cross-functional initiatives, measure progress, and identify product or process improvements. The role requires strong communication, negotiation, business judgment, project leadership, and approximately 25% travel.

Designs, simulates, layouts, characterizes, and tests silicon photonics and electro-optical integrated circuits for Starlink systems. Responsibilities include developing photonic building blocks, optical packaging interfaces, RF and mixed-signal circuits, high-speed SerDes links, automated test equipment, and production qualification processes. The role collaborates with systems, DSP, ASIC, firmware, manufacturing, and product engineering teams to deliver space and ground-based photonic solutions.

Design and simulate silicon photonics and electro-optical integrated circuits for high-speed optical links and space-based communications. Responsibilities include photonic component design, circuit specification, package interface modeling, RF and mixed-signal integration, IC layout, optical and electrical characterization, automated test development, and production qualification. The role collaborates with systems, DSP, ASIC, firmware, manufacturing, and electro-optics teams.

Designs and develops high-speed silicon photonics and RF/analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits for Starlink optical links. Responsibilities include circuit and optical building-block simulation, subsystem specification, IC floorplanning and layout, package and parasitic modeling, electrical and optical characterization, automated test development, and production qualification support. The role collaborates with systems, DSP, ASIC, firmware, architecture, validation, and manufacturing teams to deliver PIC/EIC solutions for space and ground infrastructure.

Design and simulate high-speed electro-optical ICs, including modulator drivers, TIAs, photodiode models, RF/mixed-signal circuits, and optical links. Develop PIC/EIC specifications, floorplans, layouts, packaging models, and automated test setups. Characterize electrical and optical performance, collaborate with systems, DSP, ASIC, PIC, manufacturing, and validation teams, and support production testing and qualification for space and ground-based Starlink infrastructure.

Leads cross-functional HR projects from planning through implementation, improving HR systems, processes, policies, and programs. Partners with HR Business Partners and business leaders, uses people data and project metrics to guide decisions, supports organizational change, and ensures initiatives align with company strategy, culture, and compliance requirements. The role is full-time onsite in Palo Alto with up to 10% travel and occasional extended hours.