Sr. Materials Engineer, Thin Films is open at SpaceX in Bastrop, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $197K. Posted on Sep 23, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Partner with solar cell process engineering on PECVD thin films (e.g., passivation, anti-reflection, and related dielectric or semiconductor layers), developing materials requirements, film-property targets, and the physical understanding of how deposited films perform in the cell Build deep technical understanding of plasma-deposited film materials: composition, hydrogen content, density, stress, optical constants…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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