Process
Prepare to be interrogated.
They grill you about your resume until you don’t have anything left to say. They will keep asking 'why,' so have answers ready.
Then they ask you technical questions, but really, they're more like riddles designed to make you think and reveal your thought process.
Questions
If you have a ruler parallel to a table, with half of it hanging off and the other half restrained, would you restrain it on the thin side or the flat side, and why?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 76 interview experiences for the SpaceX Manufacturing Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their Manufacturing Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for SpaceX's Manufacturing Engineer interview process in United States.
SpaceX Work Experiences
- 4.03 month review - Raptor MachiningManufacturing Engineer • Current EmployeeHawthorne, CAAugust 25, 2025Pros: - A very rewarding job - A good variety of things in the job where every week is different - You have the freedom to come up with and work on projects that impact the company - When you ask, people are happy to teach you about what they do and there are a lot of smart people to learn fromCons: - Like any SpaceX job, it is a lot of hours. - You very much so get thrown into the fire at the start, but it gets better after a few months.
- 4.0Exciting place to workManufacturing Engineer • Former EmployeeHawthorne, CADecember 5, 2025Pros: The ability to step outside the normal ME scope of work and build additional skills in automation and tooling designCons: Often long hours and very fast paced
- 1.0NoManufacturing Engineer • Current EmployeeHawthorne, CAMarch 5, 2024Pros: Everyone was too busy to help you learn anything, and Elon was coked up selling rides around the moon which we could never pull off. I quit pretty quick.Cons: Oh right, pros means good things. Nope, no pros. Only cons; see above.
