Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield) is open at SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA. The posting gives a salary of $225K - $340K. Posted on Sep 18, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Lead a team of cybersecurity engineers. This team's priority is to be prepared for immediate response to any active threat against our systems. Implement Starshield's cyber defense strategy. Continually assess the landscape of cyber threats and develop specific countermeasures for the Starshield systems. Continually run "red-team" style exercises to both discover vulnerabilities as well as to practice the tactics…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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