Materials Engineer, Solar Cell Characterization is open at SpaceX in Bastrop, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $200K. Posted on Aug 31, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Own characterization and metrology strategy for insourced solar cells across cell interfaces—from method development and tool qualification through production-ready measurement recipes Build and maintain a suite of offline electrical, optical, and materials characterization techniques to quantify cell performance, reliability, and yield-limiting defects (e.g., I-V, quantum efficiency, PL/EL imaging, lifetime…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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