# AI Security Software Engineer (Starshield) at SpaceX

- Company: SpaceX
- What the company does: SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://www.spacex.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Washington, DC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8782424002?gh_jid=8782424002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-ai-security-software-engineer-starshield-2/

## About the role

As an AI Security Software Engineer, you will leverage AI to automate security-related efforts and ensure safe AI integration into new and existing systems. If you are passionate about AI, security, and pushing the limits of combining both together, this role is for you.

## What they're looking for

- Software engineering
- Agent engineering and security
- LLM attack surfaces
- Network and operating system security
- Incident response and adversary detection
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline, OR 2+ years of professional experience in security software development in lieu of a degree

Tags: Starshield Software Engineering