# Principal Operations Engineer (Application Software) 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: Principal and up
- Location: Hawthorne, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-13
- Apply by: 2026-11-27
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8885678002?gh_jid=8885678002&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-principal-operations-engineer-application-software/

## About the role

Do you want to be part of the team that builds the software SpaceX uses to design, build, launch, and operate rockets and satellites? Do you want to help Application Software scale as the company grows in launch rate, complexity, sites, compute, and acquisitions? Do you want to work with SpaceX leadership, take on nebulous problems with no obvious owner, and turn them into future-looking strategy the org can actually run? Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in operations, engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field
- 7+ years of experience or education in management science and engineering, operations engineering, operations research, industrial engineering, or equivalent quantitative operations work
- 5+ years of experience in operations, strategy, program management, or technical leadership in a high-rate engineering or software environment
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must be willing to travel frequently to SpaceX sites

Tags: Application Software

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