SpaceX job openings have dropped 63% in just 3 weeks By Joshua Fruhlinger, Jan. 30, 2019 A massive funding round and government shutdown could have contributed to a near hiring freeze at SpaceX.
Fact checking Elon Musk on his Tesla layoff letter (and how the layoffs could've been predicted) By James Mattone, Jan. 18, 2019 Elon Musk's letter to Tesla employees includes stats about the number of company employees and shipping numbers. Do they check out? And could we have predicted this round of layoffs?
Numbers You Need to Know for January 14, 2019 By Thinknum Media, Jan. 14, 2019 SpaceX, USA Today, and Gold... Plenty of moves happened over the weekend. Here's what you need to know.
SpaceX hiring for production up 24% since September with a focus on Hawthorne facility By Joshua Fruhlinger, Oct. 29, 2018 Build! Build! SpaceX fires up hiring with 24% more open positions, the majority of which are production-line openings for its Hawthorne, CA facility.
SpaceX job listings reveal an expanding Crew Mission Management team By Joshua Fruhlinger, Sept. 27, 2018 SpaceX has been hiring for a "Crew Mission Management" group since 2016. Here's what some of those positions looked like over time.
BFR-focused jobs have disappeared from SpaceX's careers site By Joshua Fruhlinger, Sept. 18, 2018 As the company migrated career site hosts, it also scrubbed some very curious positions from its listings.
SpaceX hiring is down 55% since May, hiring for satellite development hits stop By Joshua Fruhlinger, Aug. 24, 2018 While not cause for alarm, a slowdown in hiring at Elon Musk's SpaceX is at the very least interesting for the aerospace industry.
SpaceX hiring for Dragon 2 manned spacecraft heats up By Joshua Fruhlinger, Aug. 6, 2018 SpaceX is accelerating hiring for its human-grade Dragon 2 team as it readies for test launches this fall.
Hiring data indicates that SpaceX's BFR team is forming By Joshua Fruhlinger, July 30, 2018 In June, SpaceX listed jobs with "BFR" in their titles for the first time. Here are those positions and what they could mean.
SpaceX job openings dropped 49% since May, indicating that Starlink may be hired up By Joshua Fruhlinger, July 20, 2018 Elon Musk's SpaceX had 556 openings in May. Today, there are just 285. But don't panic - this isn't necessarily a bad thing.