Automation & Controls Engineer, Launch Hardware Production (Starship) is open at SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, FL. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $194K. Posted on Oct 20, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Design, build, and commission the controls for a 24-lane Gigabay: production tooling, lifts, fixtures, factory services, and the data layer the floor uses. Bring industrial air separation units online and keep them running. Own the instrumentation, interlocks, and control narratives for compression, cold box, distillation, storage, and transfer into the propellant farms. Own controls for heat shield tile…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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