Full-time

AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance

Posted by SpaceX • Washington, DC, United States

📍 Washington, DC 🕒 June 20, 2026

About the Role

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

AI ENGINEER, SPECIAL PROGRAMS - TOP SECRET CLEARANCE

AI engineers work directly with our end customers to own strategy, execution, and deployment of mission-critical AI solutions for U.S federal agencies. You'll work closely with product, research, infrastructure, and legal/governance teams to deliver high-stakes projects to make current and future models maximally useful for missions while upholding safety, transparency, and ethical standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES:



+ Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.

+ Identify pain points, scoping product specification...

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