# Materials R&D Specialist 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
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Bastrop, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-25
- Apply by: 2026-12-09
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8815217002?gh_jid=8815217002&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-materials-r-and-d-specialist/

## About the role

As a Materials R&D Specialist, you will partner with engineering to stand up and operate processes and to drive process development for insourced solar cell manufacturing, from silicon ingot growth through cell metrology. You will independently execute processing, characterization, and equipment work, recommend experimental plans, and help transfer stable methods to production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Must be open to work all shifts, overtime and/or weekends as needed
- Must be comfortable working in a production and laboratory environment using hazardous chemicals such as acids, alkalis, and solvents
- Must be able to wear appropriate PPE for lab and electro-chemical manufacturing environments
- Must be able to walk and stand for long periods of time
- Must be able to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
- Must be comfortable with climbing up and down ladders, grasping, standing, lifting, bending, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, carrying, crawling, and maneuvering in tight spaces

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