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Overview

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and is seeking a Supervisor for the Welding team on the Night Shift. The role involves overseeing welding procedures, ensuring quality, and managing personnel.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and evaluate welding procedures
  • Assist with tooling and fixturing designs for weld operations
  • Select base and welding materials
  • Control production weld quality
  • Utilize welding codes and standards
  • Provide personnel management and supervision, including mentorship of junior welders
  • Enforce site and personnel safety
  • Review and edit documentation, including work reports and record keeping
  • Supervise and provide daily support to the launch projects welding team
  • Assess candidates and provide recommendations in the hiring process
  • Plan and schedule work, assign tasks, and assess completed work
  • Monitor and approve employee timekeeping records
  • Communicate performance measurement criteria and provide direction to team members

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 5+ years of professional experience with GTAW, FCAW, TIG, or GMAW
  • 2+ years of experience in leading a team or project
  • Experience managing more than 10 employees
  • Ability to interpret drawings and weld symbols per AWS A2.4
  • Knowledge of AWS D1.1, D1.6, and D1.2
  • Aluminum GTAW and GMAW experience
  • Technical trade school certificate
  • Capable of cutting, polishing, and etching weld test samples
  • Experience with Inconel welding and fabrication

Additional Requirements

  • Ability to pass Space Force background check for Cape Canaveral
  • Ability to support on a dedicated night shift (anticipated hours are 3:00pm - 1:30am)
  • Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
  • Ability to work at elevated heights (up to 300 feet)
  • Willing to operate heavy machinery
  • Ability to work in confined spaces
  • Typically exposed to extreme outdoor environments – heat, cold, rain, ice
  • Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise

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How this job compares in Cape Canaveral, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Florida, whose middle half runs $23–$31/hr across 123 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Cape Canaveral, FL

Cape Canaveral, FL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 259 other active welding openings from 149 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Cape Canaveral, or widen the search to Florida.

SpaceX currently has 2 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (16), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (14), and Honeywell Technologies (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Jacksonville at $32/hr, Orlando at $29/hr, and Palmetto at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG and Flux-Core work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all lead welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Supervisor, Welding (Starship) - Night Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.