Job brief: Electrical Engineer, Radiation Effects

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (6 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-10.
• 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: $105,000 to $150,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hawthorne, CA
• Posted: 2026-08-18 · over 60 days ago

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

Level: Entry level. The posting asks for 1+ years of experience.

Must have

• As one of the few teams required to interface with the design, manufacturing, integration, and mission operations teams, we play a critical role in the development of our systems …
• Bachelor's degree in electrical, materials, physics, or other engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional experience in the radiation effects field (internships and project experience are applicable)
• Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.
• § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.

Conditions

• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and 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

• Support a cross-discipline team of design and system engineers in providing radiation test and analysis results, advice on requirements flow down, modeling a…
• Develop component databases and applications for interfacing with radiation test data used across programs
• Work with supply chain, component reliability and radiation engineering to ensure test data collected during radiation test campaigns is available and access…
• Review PCN changes to ensure maintenance of radiation qualification status
• Develop testing and reporting standards for component and flight PCBA radiation tests

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in California: $199k a year (1,944 listings, 57 employers). This listing is 36% lower.
• Across SpaceX's 2,901 open listings, 60% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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