Come work here if you're ready to GSD with us and get to Mars! - Senior Software Engineer SpaceX Employee Review

5.0
21 Sept 2020
Recommend
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Pros

I've always tried to work at places that are extremely mission driven and this place is basically the pinnacle of that! After doing mostly freelancing, I decided I wanted to throw myself into something and this job opportunity was the just the thing. I've always had a passion for space and now I could turn my programming skills into work to advance that cause. If you're looking to drink the kool aid, and/or for somewhere where your skills will be used to their fullest, SpaceX is the place for you. The interview process is tough, but they definitely don't waste your time with any of it, you can see why they do it all to get an impartial view of you as a candidate. No trick questions or people trying to lord their experience over me or anything, no ego, just, "can you do this?" They got back to me relatively quickly too, they're a big company with a lot going on, but I didn't feel forgotten during the process at all. The team I'm on is full of nice people, but even more importantly people who know how to get stuff done, and are all amazing at what they do. I've learned more here in 2 or 3 months than I've learned at some other companies I've been at for years! You can see the impact of your work very clearly here. They've been very accommodating and level headed with the COVID situation as well.

Cons

I know it sounds kinda contrived, but I really haven't encountered any cons yet - I suppose with the pandemic, I would've liked to be in the office more because it's very cool to be in a literal rocket factory, but that is definitely not a fault of the org itself!

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5.0
6 Jun 2026
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Pros

If you like working and are dedicated to the cause, this is the place for you!

Cons

Very high expectations with long hours.

4.0
6 Apr 2026
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Pros

You learn so much because the work is so freaking intense, its a lot of fun if you're the type of person who loves to get emerged in hard problems. The hours for me were not too bad but I was the exception, all the other interns I was with dealt with 60-70+ hour weeks, some interns came in at 10am and left at 12am, when I say its intense, I'm not joking. This is however very unique to the Starbase location. I've heard Hawthorne is a lot more chill. I honestly despite how challenging the role was always look back on it with a sense of pride in my work, and longing to be back there. It really does feel that you're doing world changing things.

Cons

Very un diverse upper management, I'd say the company is pretty diverse in the lower ranks, but once you start to look at the org chart and see who's in charge, you realize that its mainly just white people. Makes you wonder if as a person of color you too will be able to move up. Housing sucks: there was limited housing on campus for full time employees, you have to wait a year plus to get off the queue and once you're off you only really get tiny homes as the option that are in an inconvenient location. Interns don't even have the option to get on campus housing, they give you 3k in a housing stipend and expect you to find a place in Brownsville. I'd say its very hard to maintain a relationship while working here if you don't have an understanding partner, the work schedule is brutal and you really can't slack off.

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