Working At SpaceX? Sounds Very Competitive, Yet Incredibly Rewarding

Many people want to be a part of this space flight company, Space X. In fact, it had 39,000 applications for internship position last year. So, what is it like to work in this famous spaceflight company?

The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation or also known as SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and pioneering in the field of reusable rockets. It is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It is also a space transport services company and was founded by Mr. Elon Musk in 2002.

Brian Bjelde, the vice president of human resources of SpaceX delivered some information on how it feels like to work in the company. He also tackled the rumors about SpaceX employees working so long and wanted to knock down this idea. He explained that it is a myth that most of their employees are working 100 or even 80 hour weeks on a regular basis.

He further explained that sometimes they have incredibly tight schedules that they need to keep such as launching rockets. On the other hand, they want their employees to be productive over the long term, and that means working at a pace that's sustainable. They encourage their employees to pace themselves and their managers pay close attention to whether people are driving themselves too hard for long periods. He added that this is one of the biggest myths he heard about working at SpaceX.

Bjelde talked more about the culture of SpaceX. He emphasized that people at SpaceX are really mission-driven. Their goal is to help humanity become a multi-planetary species. He further said that they take the hardest shots and set aggressive goals and strive to reach them. He added that's how they'll make the fastest progress. They try to avoid analysis paralysis in all their work. They build, test, break things and iterate with a sense of urgency, as noted by Space.

Many young people want to work with the company with a vast quantity of applications for the internship. Mr. Bjelde said that their internship is extremely competitive yet very rewarding. He also advised the undergraduate who wants to pursue an aerospace engineering. He said that get involved with as much as hands-on project experience as possible. He added that it doesn't matter what it is, as long as it is challenging and flexing your engineering muscles.