Job brief: Build Engineer (Starship) - Nights

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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 (7 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: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Starbase, TX
• Posted: 2026-05-25 · 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

• Focus will be on design for manufacturing, implementing poka-yoke systems, increasing product yield, and automation as required to minimize takt and cycle times.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
• 1+ years of manufacturing and process design experience (internship and academic experience is applicable)
• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Flight hardware typically is built in tight quarters and physical dexterity is required
• Schedule varies depending on site operational needs; flexibility required

Conditions

• Typically exposed to work in extreme outdoor environments – heat, cold, rain
• Flexibility to travel to remote build sites, up to 10%
• Push/Pull: Up to 50lbs. (unassisted) 30 minutes to 1 hour per day
• Lift/Carry: Up to 25lbs. (unassisted) 30 minutes to 1 hour per day

Main duties

• Develop and perform acceptance testing of manufacturing processes, techniques, and tools to enable efficient and high-rate manufacturing
• Design and implement precision tooling to eliminate assembly error, improve quality, and minimize cycle time
• Automate novel processes to ensure repeatability on high-rate manufacturing lines
• Work closely with design engineering teams to influence flight design and vehicle architecture with design for manufacturing improvements
• Develop and/or automate in-situ inspection techniques to increase yield and decrease cycle time

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs across the U.S.: $152k a year (2,928 listings, 117 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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