Materials R&D Specialist is open at SpaceX in Bastrop, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $194K. Posted on Oct 25, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Partner with engineering to bring processes and equipment online and to drive process development, equipment qualification, and test method development from silicon ingot growth through wafering and cell metrology Independently perform routine and non-routine processing and experimental methods for crystal growth, wafer fabrication, and/or cell metrology; identify next steps and recommend complete process plans to…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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