I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SpaceX (Boca Chica) in Oct 2025
Interview
Interviewed for Starship - Prop Build Engineer, It is 3 rounds of interviews, all of which are technical. 1st "screening" was 10 minutes of explanation abt SpaceX and the position, followed by 20 minutes of basic technical questions abt beams and stress, with an open ended design problem at the end. Second round was 30 minute technical interview - more fast paced. Third and final round is an onsite interview at Starbase with a 30 minute tour, 1 hr long presentation (35 min of you presenting, 15 mintues of questions, 10 minute debrief amongst hiring team), then 5 rounds of 30 min 1-1 interviews. By far the most stressful yet exhilarating interview I've been in. 2 rounds were walks around Starfactory asking MFG questions, while the other 3 rounds were about structures, design, and more theoretical MFG, Everyone was cool and fun to talk to including recruiter, but I didn't get a response until 4 weeks later when they said at most a 2 week response - basically got ghosted after on-site.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cantilever beam & buckling questions, DFM questions, lots of questions on why certain structures are built the way they are (i.e. why is a soda can designed the way it is)
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX) in Dec 2024
Interview
First interview was an HR recruiter screening, just talked about current plans and went over resume. Second interview was a purely technical 1h long phone call going over basic statics, fluid mechanics, and mechanics questions. Third interview was purely technical stress test, they asked questions until I got something wrong and then ended the call with "Alright well thanks for your time." Fourth interview was flown out to Starbase and had flights, rentals, and hotels covered as well as food, got a tour and then presented on a project. Team deliberated and decided not to move forward with me so I did not move onto the 1-1s.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Does welding result in a weaker area in metal? Does it change the properties of the metal? How so and why?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jan 2018
Interview
The interview process with SpaceX started with a few phone screens with the hiring manager and a couple engineers. Then they brought me onsite to do a panel interview where I presented a technical project from my career. After the panel interview I went through individual interviews with about 6 members of the team. The whole onsite process took about 4-5 hours. A couple days later they asked me to come back in to meet with one more hiring manager for an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical engineering questions. Also asked for my thoughts and feedback on issues they had during production.