Jobs in Hawthorne, California, United States

SpaceX's Flight Hardware Logistics team is responsible for transporting Falcon engines, stages, and components. The Maintenance Technician is a self-sufficient, independent all-round technician performing preventive and emergent maintenance and troubleshooting on equipment used by this team.

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars, and the Principal Optical Engineer (Starfall) role owns free-space optical system design, validation, and operation for a visible-camera and IR navigation sensor. Day-to-day work includes setting product vision at the system level, leading design of optics, detectors, circuit boards, precision mechanisms, and mechanical enclosures, driving architecture and design trades, mentoring engineers, and performing verification and field tes

SpaceX seeks a Site Reliability Engineer with Top Secret clearance to design, develop, and test in‑house solutions for flight systems. The role involves building scalable, high‑performance web and simulation platforms, automating deployment across on‑prem and cloud environments, managing Kubernetes clusters, and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver resilient services.

The Starlink Enterprise Account Management team serves as the point of contact for Starlink’s growing base of enterprise customers, guiding them from contract signature through successful activation and ensuring all contract terms are fulfilled. As the Starlink Enterprise Account Manager (Fixed-Site), you will act as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of enterprise customers, owning the interface from contract signature onwards including onboarding, ongoing account management, and long

The Sr. Stock Plan Administrator role sits within SpaceX's Finance team, reporting directly to the CFO, and supports the company's equity compensation program as part of its broader mission to enable human life on Mars. Day-to-day, you will administer equity incentive plans (stock options, RSUs, ESPP), serve as the primary contact for employee equity inquiries, process grants and terminations with Finance, Legal, HR, and Payroll, and ensure compliance with SEC, IRS, and international tax require

Icon at Rosecrans maintenance team ensures operational excellence and curb appeal of the apartment community. The Maintenance Technician performs preventative maintenance, resolves resident service requests, manages unit turnovers and supports on-call emergency repairs.

Propulsion team at SpaceX builds and assembles critical rocket engine components for next‑generation launch vehicles. The technician operates precision tools, reads technical drawings, and executes manufacturing processes such as welding, fastener installation, pressure testing, and cryogenic fitment to construct Raptor turbopump subassemblies.

SpaceX’s Starshield team builds secure, high‑performance satellite payloads for national‑security missions. The Sr. Electrical Design Engineer leads end‑to‑end hardware design, from architecture and component selection to board bring‑up, testing, and verification, ensuring reliability for on‑orbit operations.

Design, build, and operate secure, scalable AI platforms and proxy systems for SpaceX. Own full lifecycle of platform development, drive adoption, onboard new models, optimize compute, and develop risk‑mitigation tools.

Mechanical Engineer on SpaceX Starshield team. Own hardware from design to launch, drive system-level optimization, DFM, supply chain, testing, and production.

Starlink Business Operations at SpaceX drives the global S&OP for hardware products, analyzing KPIs like active subscribers and inventory turnover to shape hardware mix strategy. The analyst translates data insights into actionable plans, orchestrates supply allocation, and partners with Network Engineering and Manufacturing to accelerate go‑to‑market.

CHAOS Industries, a rapidly growing defense technology firm, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead R&D and product engineering for next‑generation radar systems. The role demands deep expertise in Python, Agile development, and Linux, with a strong focus on integrating software with commercial hardware and supporting deployed solutions for U.S. and international customers.

SpaceX’s Starlink Enterprise team seeks a Business Analyst to drive market analysis for its global satellite broadband constellation. Based in Hawthorne, CA, this on-site role focuses on interpreting inbound demand patterns and optimizing routing strategies alongside AI agents.

R&D team at CHAOS Industries builds cutting‑edge guidance and navigation software for clean‑sheet airframes. The Senior Guidance Software Engineer leads design of guidance algorithms, integrates flight software on microcontroller and Linux platforms, and supports system integration on flight hardware.

Design, build, and activate advanced manufacturing facilities. Lead HVAC, fluid, and dust collection systems.

Mechanical Engineer at Reflect Orbital tasked with designing, prototyping, and flight‑validating spacecraft subcomponents. The role demands rapid development from concept to on‑orbit operations, ensuring functional hardware that balances simplicity, ingenuity, and analytical rigor.

SpaceX seeks a Propulsion Technician for Raptor Production Machining. Responsible for manufacturing, assembly, and testing of rocket hardware.

SpaceX seeks a Propulsion Analyst to ensure Raptor Chamber and Nozzle withstand extreme conditions through static, thermal, dynamic, and fatigue analyses. The role involves FEA, model anchoring, and collaboration with hardware and test teams to meet performance requirements.

Starshield software team at SpaceX builds highly reliable in-space mesh networks and secure communication systems for government use. Senior Software Engineer designs and implements Linux-based C++ software for satellite control, networking, and ground systems, collaborating across interdisciplinary teams.

Reflect Orbital seeks a Composites Engineer to lead design, analysis, and manufacturing of ultra‑light deployable composite structures for space missions. The role blends engineering, process development, tooling design, experimentation, and quality control to ensure high performance and yield.