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SpaceX

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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing Hawthorne, California Watching 2,500 employees Updated as of Jun 24
The read

SpaceX added 15 against 6 departures over 90 days, with engineering (21 mentions) leading the function mix and operations close behind (19). Inbound talent includes two hires from xAI and arrivals from Amazon/AWS, while outbound flow hit Relativity Space (senior welder) and a stealth AI startup (Starlink sourcing manager). A Chief Executive Officer departure to LinkedIn marks the most senior exit, though the net growth and engineering concentration suggest continued scaling of core technical capacity.

+0.6% of staff
Net headcount · 90d
+128
mostly Engineering
New hires · 90d
133
vs 133 hires
Departures · 90d
5
quiet
Leadership moves · 90d
0

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Hiring paceAccelerating

New hires per month, last 12 months. 448 total hires.

32 joined
Jun 2025
36 joined
Jul 2025
21 joined
Aug 2025
15 joined
Sep 2025
22 joined
Oct 2025
29 joined
Nov 2025
56 joined
Dec 2025
61 joined
Jan 2026
43 joined
Feb 2026
46 joined
Mar 2026
43 joined
Apr 2026
44 joined
May 2026
12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.


  • 7 people joined Engineering Aggregate
  • 3 people left Aggregate
  • 2 people joined Aggregate
  • 1 person joined Aggregate
  • 1 promotion Aggregate
  • 1 person joined Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.


Engineering +4
+1
+1
-1

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Talent flow

Which companies SpaceX hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.


Recruiting from

xAI+2
Alaris Security+1
Amazon+1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)+1
Benz Engineering and Design LLC+1
Cornell Electric Vehicles+1

Departing to

LinkedIn−1
Relativity Space−1
Stealth AI Startup−1

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