Operations Engineer (Raptor) is open at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The posting gives a salary of $100K - $130K. Posted on Aug 6, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
to apply your knowledge, experience, and creativity to develop hardware at the cutting edge of space technology. You will build the engines that will ultimately extend humanity’s reach beyond the earth and moon. The Raptor Operations Engineering team builds the machine that makes the machine, in this case the factory that builds the world’s most advanced rocket engine. Factory build and expansion, process flow…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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