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SpaceX

Builds rockets and runs Starlink satellite internet

Build Coordinator - Starship

Full-Time
No salary listed
Junior
Bachelor's
Brownsville, TX, USA
In PersonMust work day or night shifts, overtime, and weekends as site operational needs vary.
Operations & LogisticsLogistics & Transportation
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A high school diploma or equivalency certificate is required.
  • At least one year of experience in an administrative role is required.
  • Applicants must be eligible under ITAR requirements as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or otherwise eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
  • Must be available for day or night shifts, overtime, and weekends as operational needs vary.
  • Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds unassisted.
  • Must be able to stand for at least eight hours.
Responsibilities
  • Monitor, track, and move parts through the company to ensure timely delivery to the next production location.
  • Move parts through receiving inspection, stock rooms, purchasing, production resources, and applicable work centers.
  • Promote workflow consistency and accuracy while reducing internal logistics lead time.
  • Coordinate off-site processing of parts to ensure on-time delivery.
  • Work with planning, procurement, engineering, and production teams to maintain accurate MRP and ERP data.
  • Assist with resolving incorrect system data that drives inappropriate demand or schedules or could result in general failure.
  • Update and use metrics to drive results with production personnel.
  • Work with production supervisors and managers to ensure metrics-driven action requirements are completed.
  • Develop and maintain reports highlighting needs, deliverables, and constraints for internal and customer use.
  • Assist production leadership and project teams with action-item updates.
  • Support logistics processes through innovative workflow staging.
  • Support management of material certifications and prevent the use of uncertified materials.
  • Support production and inventory personnel with return-to-stock and inventory-purge actions.
  • Support purchase requisition creation for scheduled contract work.
  • Organize and maintain the physical and electronic library for production tooling and the calibration database.
  • Support projects and productivity-development activities within assigned production cells.
  • Support assigned production cells with work-order management activities.
Desired Qualifications
  • At least three years of experience supporting departmental administration processes.
  • Strong computer skills and familiarity with the full suite of Microsoft Office products.
  • A bachelor's degree.
  • Experience organizing files and documents.
  • Knowledge of MRP and ERP systems.
  • Experience in aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, or electronic manufacturing environments.
  • SQL and Tableau experience.
  • APICS certification.

About the company

SpaceX builds and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft for NASA, the military, and companies, and it runs Starlink, a satellite internet service for homes and businesses. In 2020, its Dragon capsule became the first privately built spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket lands its first stage so the booster can fly again, which cuts launch costs, while Starlink beams internet from low-orbit satellites to small dishes for a monthly fee. SpaceX also owns xAI, maker of the Grok chatbot and owner of the social network X, and is building Starship, a fully reusable rocket meant to carry people to the Moon and Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it is based in Starbase, Texas.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Starbase, Texas

Founded

2002

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What believers are saying

  • Starlink demand keeps compounding: subscribers doubled to 12 million in the year to June 2026.
  • Room to grow: SpaceX listed 2,693 open roles in October 2026, over a third of them for Starlink.
  • Rivals rent its AI supercomputers: Claude maker Anthropic agreed in May 2026 to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion a month.

What critics are saying

  • Stock grants swing hard: shares closed between $108 and $211 in the four months after the June 2026 IPO.
  • Expect long weeks: 1,724 of SpaceX's 2,693 job posts in October 2026 mention extended hours and weekend work.
  • AI spending outruns sales: SpaceX put $15.8 billion into AI data centers in the June 2026 quarter, double its revenue.

What makes SpaceX unique

  • SpaceX is the world's busiest launcher by far: its 165 orbital launches in 2025 were nearly double China's total.
  • Starlink carries the profits: it earned $1.7 billion in the June 2026 quarter, while rockets and AI lost $1.8 billion.
  • Elon Musk has the final say: super-voting shares give him about 82% of shareholder votes after the June 2026 IPO.

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  • Benefits and Perks - Our employees' well-being is important to us and essential to our capacity to do extraordinary things. We offer a wide variety of programs to support the health, wellness, and financial security of our employees and their families.

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Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
SpaceX posts first profit with $14.58B Q3 revenue, lifting Nasdaq futures; Netflix slides

US stock futures were mixed late Tuesday after SpaceX posted its first quarterly profit since going public in June. Nasdaq-100 futures rose more than 1% and S&P 500 futures gained 0.35%, while Dow futures slipped about 0.01%. SpaceX reported third-quarter revenue of $14.58 billion, above estimates of $13 billion, and earnings per share of $0.35 against an expected $0.13. AI-related revenue of $7.56 billion surpassed Starlink's for the first time, helped by the August acquisition of Cursor. Netflix fell nearly 5% overnight after a disappointing forecast. Super Micro Computer rose about 17% on preliminary results that beat expectations. Meta, Tesla, IBM, and AT&T report on Wednesday.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
US stock futures rise as SpaceX jumps 8% after revenue surges 161% to $14.58B

US stock futures rose on Tuesday evening, led by Nasdaq 100 Futures, which climbed 1% to 29,955.75 points by 21:25 ET. S&P 500 Futures gained 0.3% to 7,776.75 points, while Dow Jones Futures were largely unchanged. SpaceX shares jumped more than 8% in extended trading after third-quarter revenue rose 161% year-on-year to $14.58 billion, beating expectations. Net income reached $4.4 billion, against a loss of $1.1 billion a year earlier, and AI revenue climbed more than ninefold. Super Micro Computer surged 16% after forecasting quarterly revenue and gross margins well above previous guidance. Netflix fell 6% as results pointed to slowing revenue growth. Investors now await Wednesday's earnings from Tesla and Meta Platforms.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
Musk predicts SpaceX annual revenue of $500B to $1T by end of 2027

SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk expects the company's annual revenue to reach at least $500 billion by the end of next year. He made the forecast during the company's third quarter earnings call. Musk said annual recurring revenue by the end of 2027 could fall between $500 billion and $1 trillion. He said SpaceX will deploy Grockbot at scale for enterprise customers, so companies can use it in teams as though it were a virtual human. Some trusted customers already use an early version, and he expects wide deployment within a few weeks. Musk added that Grockbot may end up using most of the company's superintelligence compute.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
Musk pledges SpaceX shares to every US child, a day after Anthropic's 5% fund

Elon Musk said on X on Monday that next year he would give every child in America one SpaceX share. He called the donations "the first of many." The post drew over 33 million views in a day. President Donald Trump thanked Musk for his "incredible generosity." No plan has emerged. Musk did not explain the pledge on SpaceX's Tuesday earnings call, where the company reported a 161% rise in revenue from a year earlier. He hinted the shares could go through the new "Trump Accounts" program, which CNBC said may limit when recipients can sell. The pledge came one day after rival Anthropic announced a "Public Benefit Fund" and plans to donate 5% of its shares to it. Musk suggested Anthropic give shares "directly to the public," then said four hours later, "This is what I will be doing.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
SpaceX posts first profit as public company: $4.4B on $14.6B revenue

SpaceX reported its first profitable quarter since going public in June, earning $4.4 billion in the third quarter against a loss of $1.1 billion a year earlier. Revenue more than doubled to $14.6 billion from $5.6 billion, beating analysts' expectation of $12.7 billion. Adjusted EBITDA reached $8.8 billion, up 306%. Capital expenditures totalled $19.6 billion. The Super Intelligence segment, formed from the February merger with xAI, brought in $7.6 billion, up 830%. Starlink's Connectivity segment grew revenue 69% to $5.2 billion, with 13.6 million consumer subscribers. Shares closed at $147.79 and rose about 2% in after-hours trading. Of 19 public space companies, only five were profitable in their latest quarter.