> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at SpaceX Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex 21 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at SpaceX across 9 US metros. Median posted base pay $160,000. 3 new in the last 30 days. Builds reusable launch systems, spacecraft, Starlink satellite connectivity, and integrated AI infrastructure to lower the cost of access to space and scale orbital services. Public · About 5,000+ people **21 postings, 3 new in the last 30 days** 9 metros median posted base $160,000 [Careers at SpaceX ↗](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed) read Nov 9, 2026 ## 21 open FDE roles at SpaceX Builds what the customer runs ### [Operations Engineer (Starshield Products)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/37db35ee2b38bbf5) Palo Alto, CA · Washington, DC 2w ago $100,000–$175,000 Builds what the customer runs ### [Mission Integration Engineer, AI (Starshield) - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c29fc4f0419b4c0) Hawthorne, CA 5mo ago $100,000–$135,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1c29fc4f0419b4c0) Builds what the customer runs ### [Sr. AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ed430921c27565a8) Palo Alto, CA · Washington, DC 5mo ago $220,000–$350,000 Builds what the customer runs ### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcc647133c0d24b0) Washington, DC · Palo Alto, CA 5mo ago $125,000–$230,000 ### [Propulsion Software Engineer (Falcon Engineering)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a81dbd4df064dca) Hawthorne, CA 5d ago $125,000–$195,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0a81dbd4df064dca) 14 of 21 postings build for teams inside the company. Rows that do other work name it. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Fspacex&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How SpaceX describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 57% against the US average of 42%. Well above average. SpaceX: 12 of 21 postings · all postings: 1,393 of 3,311 **57%** of postings · US 42% Well above average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 81% against the US average of 94%. Below average. SpaceX: 17 of 21 postings · all postings: 3,030 of 3,237 **81%** of postings · US 94% Below average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 76% against the US average of 80%. About average. SpaceX: 16 of 21 postings · all postings: 2,575 of 3,208 **76%** of postings · US 80% About average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 0% against the US average of 30%. Well below average. SpaceX: 0 of 11 postings · all postings: 698 of 2,334 **0%** of postings · US 30% Well below average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 33% against the US average of 86%. Well below average. SpaceX: 7 of 21 postings · all postings: 2,828 of 3,301 **33%** of postings · US 86% Well below average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 10% against the US average of 24%. Below average. SpaceX: 2 of 21 postings · all postings: 783 of 3,299 **10%** of postings · US 24% Below average 0% 50% 100% SpaceX’s postings serve external customers far less often than the US average (33% vs 86%) and allow remote work far less often (0% vs 30%). Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Pay at SpaceX Median posted base **$160,000** · US senior FDE median **$190,000** From 14 posted base ranges, each read at its middle. Bonus and equity are not counted. [See how posted pay differs by level, location and travel →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary#pay-level) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [Lumbra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lumbra) Arlington, VA · HI $238,000 6 postings ### [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) Arlington, VA · Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +16 · $184,000 81 postings ### [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) Bellevue, WA · Frisco, TX · Seattle, WA · $200,000 9 postings Other FDE employers in Los Angeles, Washington, DC area and SF Bay Area - [FDE and deployment jobs in Los Angeles](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=greater-la) · 5 SpaceX postings · 74 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 3 SpaceX postings · 129 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 3 SpaceX postings · 483 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like SpaceX? 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