GNC Engineer Interview Experience - Hawthorne, California
August 4, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
First round is behavioral. Second round is technical with a senior GNC engineer: talked about aerodynamic drag the whole time with real-life examples. Overall the experience wasn't terrible, but the engineer wasn't great at asking follow-up questions and kept rephrasing the question.
Questions
talked about aerodynamic drag the whole time with real-life examples.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the SpaceX GNC Engineer role in Hawthorne, California.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their GNC Engineer roles in Hawthorne, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for SpaceX's GNC Engineer interview process in Hawthorne, California.
SpaceX Work Experiences
2.0
Bad work life balance, everyone is brainwashed
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Hawthorne, CA
December 29, 2025
Pros: Interesting projects
Equity
Bonuses
Cool factory
Resume item
Cons: Work life balance is horrible;
Elon Musk;
Bad food on site;
LA Traffic;
Everyone drinks the Kool-Aid about how cool SpaceX is, when it is just a government contracting company.
5.0
A different company
Engineer • Current Employee
Hawthorne, CA
October 29, 2024
Pros: It is limitless on what you are able to do. There are truly passionate and hardworking people who work here.
Cons: Lots of hours, so you need to like what you are doing.
3.0
Exciting work, great pay, very stressful
Software Engineer • Current Employee
October 19, 2025
Pros: Great mission and exciting work. The pay is excellent with the stock growth.
Cons: It can be very stressful, especially at the starbase.
- 2.0Bad work life balance, everyone is brainwashedSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeHawthorne, CADecember 29, 2025Pros: Interesting projects Equity Bonuses Cool factory Resume itemCons: Work life balance is horrible; Elon Musk; Bad food on site; LA Traffic; Everyone drinks the Kool-Aid about how cool SpaceX is, when it is just a government contracting company.
- 5.0A different companyEngineer • Current EmployeeHawthorne, CAOctober 29, 2024Pros: It is limitless on what you are able to do. There are truly passionate and hardworking people who work here.Cons: Lots of hours, so you need to like what you are doing.
- 3.0Exciting work, great pay, very stressfulSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeOctober 19, 2025Pros: Great mission and exciting work. The pay is excellent with the stock growth.Cons: It can be very stressful, especially at the starbase.
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