Job brief: Lead Operations Engineer, Global (Starlink)

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 2026-11-10 (today); 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: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Bastrop, TX · Redmond, WA
• Posted: 2026-11-10

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

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

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, business, or STEM field.
• 5+ years of experience in an operations, process improvement, manufacturing, and/or consulting environment.
• 7+ years of relevant experience, including building and scaling high-performing teams.
• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.
• § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.

Conditions

• This position may require travel between our sites to support Starlink Business Operations, potentially up to 50% travel.
• 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

• Set strategic priorities, quarter roadmaps, and aggressive timelines for high-impact operational initiatives that improve Starlink’s customer experience, log…
• Build, hire, and coach a high-performing team of operations engineers; actively develop individual talent and raise overall team capability.
• Take extreme ownership of identifying systemic engineering and operational defects, driving rigorous root-cause analysis, and implementing comprehensive, sca…
• Lead process improvement efforts using first-principles thinking, lean methodologies, and bias for action—ruthlessly simplifying processes and removing unnec…
• Design and own data frameworks and decision systems that translate complex operational data into clear strategic insights and actions.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Texas: $131k a year (282 listings, 23 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• 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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