SpaceX

Onboarding Specialist

SpaceX$90K — $145K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 2+ years of experience in onboarding, learning and development, HR, or program management
  • High level of organization and attention to detail
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Familiarity with onboarding systems like Greenhouse and Workday

Responsibilities

  • Manage and enhance the company's onboarding program
  • Design and implement innovative orientation and onboarding initiatives
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure new hire information is current
  • Develop expertise in onboarding-related systems
  • Track and improve the effectiveness of onboarding metrics
  • Prepare for weekly orientation sessions
  • Provide excellent customer service to new hires

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Three weeks of paid vacation plus 10+ holidays
  • Paid sick leave per company policy
Full Job Description
ONBOARDING SPECIALIST

As an Onboarding Specialist, your contributions will ensure the Onboarding Team can consistently provide high-quality social and developmental experiences to all new SpaceX employees. Your efforts will ensure we can maximize the Onboarding Team's impact on new hires, helping them become great SpaceX employees quickly. We are looking for someone detail-oriented and outcome-focused.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Help manage and scale the company's domestic onboarding program
  • Lead design, development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of orientation and onboarding programs with innovative strategies and tools
  • Partner with stakeholders across the company to update all new hire information for current company practices and policies
  • Develop and act on a deep understanding of internal onboarding-related systems (Workday, Jira, Greenhouse, etc.)
  • Track metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of onboarding programs, then develop and execute recommendations for program improvements
  • Assist in weekly orientation preparations
  • Provide outstanding service to our customers by responding in a timely manner to their questions
  • Identify and implement positive employee experiences to help new SpaceX employees adapt to company and team cultures quickly
  • Partner with HR leadership to create and implement impactful onboarding-related resources for hiring managers, company leadership, and other stakeholders in the onboarding process

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 2+ years of professional experience in onboarding, learning and development, human resources, or program management

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • High level of organization and attention to detail
  • Prior experience leading projects from inception to implementation
  • Strong multi-tasking and time management skills
  • Ability to learn quickly on the job
  • High level of self-motivation, initiative, and sense of urgency to get things done
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proactive problem solving skills
  • Resilience and flexibility; the ability to work in a dynamic organization with rapidly changing needs
  • Strong skills in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • Familiarity with SharePoint or other content management system
  • Familiarity with Greenhouse and Workday a plus
  • Expertise in onboarding

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Position requires ability to travel up to 20% of the time
  • This is not a remote position and will require relocation if not already local to the Palo Alto, CA area

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Level 1: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00
Level 2: $105,000.00 - $145,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
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Size
8,000 employees
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Founded
2002

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