Job brief: Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering)

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• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $175,000 to $280,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Palo Alto, CA · Austin, TX · Irvine, CA +2
• Posted: 2026-06-26 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Lead".

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 8+ years of Technical Project or Program Management experience
• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline
• In-depth understanding of the steps required to go from engineering wafers to mass production
• Must be willing to travel when needed (typically <10%)
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.

Conditions

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical deadlines
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation & will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/…

Main duties

• Leverage experience and technical background to drive complex and challenging silicon projects from kick-off through production
• Track and communicate schedules and milestones for front-end and backend ASIC development tasks
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to introduce new silicon to drive fast as possible bring-up
• Collaborate with silicon team and supply chain to find suppliers for silicon development
• Lead discussions with internal and external teams to identify and rectify issues

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Austin, TX: $174k a year (130 listings, 14 employers). This listing is 31% higher.
• Across SpaceX's 2,896 open listings, 59% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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