Job brief: Sr. NDE Engineer, Radiography Testing

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 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-04.
• 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: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hawthorne, CA
• Posted: 2026-04-13 · over 60 days ago

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Level: Senior. The title says "Sr".

Must have

• You will be required to interface across multiple business groups to develop and support state-of-the-art inspection solutions and advanced data analysis to deliver manufacturing …
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, physics, or computer science
• 6+ years of hands-on technical engineering experience
• Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering discipline
• NAS-410 Level III in Radiography certificate
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.

Conditions

• Willingness to work long hours and weekends as necessary
• Ability to travel to vendors and other SpaceX sites as needed (up to 25%)
• 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

• Develop and deliver advanced nondestructive evaluation inspection solutions
• Design, prototype, and implement nondestructive sensor systems to solve manufacturing quality problems
• Interface with vehicle engineering across all programs to align on inspection requirements and capabilities, feasibility, designing parts for inspectability,…
• Prototype early inspection development and bench-top validation to reduce risk for new technologies
• Interface with vendors, tooling and automation groups to define requirements, manage projects through to delivery

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• 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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