SpaceX has quietly posted a new job opening that could mark the beginning of a major artificial intelligence push at the Elon Musk-led aerospace firm.
The company is hiring an AI Software Engineer to be a “founding member” of its Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering team. According to the job description, the role will focus on solving complex data problems across SpaceX’s launch vehicles, spacecraft, and operations.
“Our team is creating AI systems to accelerate software development and testing, avionics design, flight data review, logistics, and mission operations,” the listing reads. “You will be responsible for working with a diverse set of technologies including setting up Large Language Models (LLMs) with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), training internal models on SpaceX data, and developing new technologies to help engineers rapidly design and test space hardware.”
The timing of the listing is especially notable. It comes just one day after SpaceX finalized a massive $2 billion investment in xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, which recently released Grok 4, a cutting-edge LLM. The listing suggests that SpaceX may be ramping up internal AI development — or preparing to create new technologies altogether.
The position will directly support efforts tied to the Falcon rocket’s rapid reusability, Starship development, and the world’s largest satellite constellation (Starlink). Among other things, it will involve building AI-driven data review tools, LLM pipelines using frameworks like LlamaIndex, and working with time-series data from flight telemetry.
This move also comes amid reports that SpaceX is eyeing a fresh fundraising round that could push its valuation to a staggering $400 billion. Whether this is the start of a formal AI division or an expansion of previously low-profile efforts, one thing is clear — SpaceX’s AI ambitions are now firmly in orbit.
