SpaceX Falcon 9 Manufacturing Engineer Full-Time Onsite Loop

Role: Manufacturing Engineer — Falcon 9 Structures
Result: No offer
Interview time: September 2025
Location: Hawthorne, California
Application channel: Online application
Process length: About two weeks
Experience rating: Positive
Difficulty: Average

Interview process

1. A recruiter call examined the candidate's résumé in detail.
2. A call with the engineering manager spent about 15 minutes on the candidate's most challenging project and another 15 minutes on brain-puzzle questions.
3. The onsite included a presentation about prior work, a factory tour, and six 30-minute one-on-one interviews.

Reported questions

Phone round

1. Describe the most challenging project that relates to this role.
2. A boat is floating on a lake. If an object is thrown overboard, what happens to the lake's water level?

Onsite

1. What is the simplest geometric-dimensioning-and-tolerancing constraint?
2. How many degrees of freedom can a profile tolerance constrain?
3. What are the failure modes of a bolted joint in tension and in shear, and where do the failures occur?
4. What does integrity mean to the candidate?

The source does not preserve the candidate's answers or the reason for the final decision.