# Recovery Engineer (F9 Booster & Fairings) 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: Long Beach, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8790117002?gh_jid=8790117002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-recovery-engineer-f9-booster-and-fairings/

## About the role

SpaceX operates the world’s first automated unmanned vessel certified to land orbital class vehicles. This role has the opportunity to work with an elite team to develop and execute the processing operations of landed Falcon 9 boosters and fairings. Recovering and re-flying rockets is historic and has changed the industry for the future…and you could be a part of that team.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 2+ years of experience developing and/or processing aerospace or aviation systems
- Position may require long hours (10-12+ hour days) and weekend work
- Willing to work in extreme outdoor environments – heat, cold, rain, wind, open ocean
- Ability to work in a high-stress environment
- Willing to support offshore operations, including working recovery missions at sea

Tags: West Coast Recovery Engineering

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