Location
Headquarters: Hawthorne, California, United States, North America
Region: California
Country: US
Continent: North America
About
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the ambition to enable people to live on other planets. Founded in 2002, the company focuses on reusable rocket technology and orbital launch capabilities to transform space access and enable interplanetary exploration. Its activities span rocket development, spacecraft integration, and commercial and government launches from facilities in the United States, with initiatives such as Starlink and other propulsion systems shaping the future of spaceflight.
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft to reduce space access costs and enable interplanetary colonization. Its primary products include the Falcon family of launch vehicles, the Starship system, and the Dragon spacecraft for cargo and crew transport. The company serves government agencies like NASA and the U.S. Space Force, as well as commercial satellite opera
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
2002
for_profit
active
Industries
Primary Industry: Manufacturing
Categories
Funding & Financials
secondary_market
7700000000
over-1b
private
Investors
Founders
Elon Musk
Leadership
Elon Musk — Founder, CEO & CTO
Gwynne Shotwell — President and Chief Operating Officer
Tim Hughes — Senior Vice President of Global Business & Government Affairs
Mark Juncosa — VP of Vehicle Engineering
Charles Kuehmann — VP of Materials Engineering
Eric Kolker — Director of Hardware Development
Anya Singh — Automation and Controls
Antonio Gracias — board_member
Steve Jurvetson — board_member
Technology Stack
Products
Falcon 9: A two-stage rocket designed to transport satellites and cargo to orbit and beyond, including missions to the International Space Station.
Falcon Heavy: A heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying large payloads to orbit, including satellites and interplanetary missions.
Dragon: A spacecraft designed to transport cargo and crew to and from the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
Starship: A fully reusable spacecraft designed for interplanetary travel, capable of carrying large groups of people and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Human Spaceflight: Services involving the design, testing, and operation of spacecraft to safely transport astronauts to and from space destinations like the International Space Station.
Rideshare: A launch service that allows multiple small satellite customers to share a single rocket launch to orbit, reducing costs and increasing access to space.
Funding rounds
Secondary Market · (2026-04-30)
Undisclosed · (2026-01-01)
Secondary Market · (2025-12-12)
Connect
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Open positions(21)
- Test Engineer (Starship)PremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeStarbase, TX
- Lead Mechanical Engineer (Starship)PremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeStarbase, TX
- Sr. Network Security EngineerPremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeRedmond, WA165,000–235,000 / Year
- Sr. RF Engineer (Starlink)Full-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Production Operations Engineer (Starship)Full-timeWork from OfficeStarbase, TX
- Sr. Network Security EngineerFull-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Sr. Network Security EngineerFull-timeWork from OfficeStarbase, TX
- Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems EngineerFull-timeWork from OfficeHawthorne, CA165,000–230,000 / Year
- Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems EngineerPremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeStarbase, TX
- RF Engineer (Starlink)Full-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Security Software Engineer (Starlink)Full-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Software Engineer, Components Test (Starshield)Full-timeWork from OfficeHawthorne, CA125,000–175,000 / Year
- Sr. Security Software Engineer (Starlink)Full-timeWork from OfficeRedmond, WA170,000–235,000 / Year
- Sr. RF Software Engineer (Starlink)PremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Sr. Security Software Engineer (Starlink)Full-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- RF Software Engineer (Starlink)PremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Software Engineer, Components (Starshield)Full-timeWork from OfficeHawthorne, CA125,000–175,000 / Year
- Sr. Software Engineer (Data Science/Data Engineering)PremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeBastrop, TX
- Full Stack Software Engineer, Data (Starlink)PremiumFull-timeWork from OfficeRedmond, WA125,000–175,000 / Year
- Software Engineer (Starshield) - Top Secret ClearanceFull-timeWork from OfficeHawthorne, CA125,000–175,000 / Year
- Principal AI Engineer, Special ProgramsFull-timeWork from OfficeWashington, DC220,000–350,000 / Year