Test Specialist, Production Checkouts (Starship) is open at SpaceX in Starbase, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $120K. Posted on Aug 19, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Serve as Vehicle Controller on console for Starship production checkouts at Starbase (Starfactory, Megabay 2, and associated stations) Execute released test plans and work-order operations as written: leak checks, pneumatics mapping, propellant-system functionals, avionics mapping / integrity / functional testing Run checkout sequences on flight hardware; halt operations immediately if personnel or vehicle safety…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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