Elon Musk says he's personally reviewing job applications as SpaceX ramps up hiring
"Smart humans figure it out fast," Elon Musk wrote in the X post. "If you've made a very complex thing do useful work, that's a major plus."
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- Elon Musk will personally review the emails of applicants for new roles at SpaceXAI.
- Applicants for the jobs don't need AI experience, but must demonstrate "exceptional ability."
- Amid the tech talent wars, SpaceX's hiring push comes as the company gears up for its historic IPO.
Elon Musk is on the hunt for top talent.
SpaceX's AI division is hiring engineers and physicists as the company prepares for what could be the biggest IPO in history. Musk said in a post on X on Thursday that he will personally review all applications that pass "reasonable sanity checks."
While you don't need any experience in AI to apply, he said, you need to email the company 3 bullet points demonstrating "evidence of exceptional ability."
"Smart humans figure it out fast," Musk wrote in the X post. "If you've made a very complex thing do useful work, that's a major plus," he added.
Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup, xAI, in February. Previously, xAI had operated as a stand-alone business.
SpaceX is actively hiring world-class engineers/physicists for SpaceXAI, even if you have zero prior experience in AI. Smart humans figure it out fast.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 21, 2026
Please send an email with ~3 bullet points demonstrating evidence of exceptional ability to ai_eng@spacex.com.
This is similar in approach to Musk's previous hiring calls: straight to the point and results-focused.
In January, when hiring to work on Tesla's AI chip, Musk asked prospective candidates to email three bullet points on the "toughest technical problems" they've solved.
SpaceX's latest hiring push is another sign that the tech talent wars are as hot as ever.
On Tuesday, Tesla's former AI director and OpenAI founding member, Andrej Karpathy, announced he would be moving to Anthropic, a major win for the AI powerhouse.
For xAI, which is now part of SpaceX, Musk said in March that he would be "going through the company interview history and reaching back out to promising candidates," following the departure of several cofounders.
SpaceX filed its S-1 paperwork on Wednesday. Its official IPO is slated for June. It expects to raise between $75 billion and $85 billion, which would value the company at between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion.
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