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Security Engineer (Red Team)

SpaceX· Security Engineering
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Security Engineer to join SpaceX’s Vulnerability Management team, focusing on identifying, assessing, and remediating vulnerabilities, developing internal security tools, and conducting Purple/Red Team activities and threat hunting.

Responsibilities

  • Development of tools, processes, and guidance that make security easier to adopt without slowing delivery.
  • Conduct software code reviews to identify insecure patterns and help teams remediate issues.
  • Perform web application security testing using established frameworks and tools.
  • Triage and validate Bugcrowd reports, coordinate with researchers, and work directly with internal teams on remediation and disclosure.
  • Perform Purple Team exercises to test controls, improve detection, and close identified gaps.
  • Contribute to Red Team operations or simulations, including scoping, execution support, and post-exercise analysis.
  • Build and operate emerging vulnerability communication processes so teams receive timely, actionable alerts on new threats.
  • Conduct continuous threat assessment by folding threat intelligence, emerging vulnerabilities, and attack trends into scanning coverage, notifications, and prioritization.
  • Partner with other security sub-teams (detection/response, compliance, application security, infrastructure) to keep efforts consistent and reduce duplication.
  • Escalate critical or time-sensitive issues promptly while offering practical mitigation options.
  • Document findings, produce metrics, and provide regular risk summaries to leadership.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in security software development in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience with the Python programming language, GO, C#, C/C++, or Rust.
  • Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise/large-scale infrastructure.

Skills

Required:PythonGO
Nice to have:C#C/C++Security tool developmentThreat huntingBug bounty platformsPurple/Red TeamNetworking fundamentalsCloud securitySecurity testing frameworks
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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