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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days SpaceX's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 52% of SpaceX's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SpaceX
- high 1459 stale, 43 reposted of 2,362 open
- Hiring momentum
- 3062 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SpaceX's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SpaceX.
About this role
As a Site Reliability Engineer focused on Manufacturing Infrastructure at SpaceX, you'll be responsible for deploying, operating, and maintaining the compute, storage, and networking systems that support critical manufacturing processes for projects like Starship and Starlink. Your role will involve proactive maintenance, capacity planning, and collaborating with software engineers and manufacturing teams to ensure system reliability and performance. You will also participate in incident response and may need to travel to various sites for deployments and support.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SpaceX as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or an engineering discipline; OR 3+ years of professional experience in SRE or DevOps in lieu of a degree
- 1+ years of software development experience
- Experience with Linux operating systems
Nice to have
- Experience with compute, storage, and/or networking infrastructure in production
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar)
- Containers and virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes, vSphere, QEMU, KVM, etc.)
- Databases and data modeling (Postgres, Clickhouse, etc.)
- Ability to translate high-level requirements into implementations from first principles
Worth weighing
- Must be onsite; remote and/or hybrid work will not be considered
- Extended hours and weekend work may be required
- Travel to different sites is necessary
- Air Force background check required for Cape Canaveral access
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Listed by SpaceX on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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