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It is NOT true that you have to be a US citizen to work for a US aerospace company. Your comment can dissuade people from applying to jobs. It is true that ther
by MyHypatia 7y ago
It is NOT true that you have to be a US citizen to work for a US aerospace company. Your comment can dissuade people from applying to jobs. It is true that there may be certain projects within a company that you cannot work on as a foreigner, and because of that it can be harder to get hired. But there are many foreigners who work at places like SpaceX, NASA, etc. For "sensitive country" foreign nationals (you can Google for the list) it will be extremely difficult to get hired. People from other countries should still apply to job postings unless the posting specifically says it is for US citizens only.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoYou need it to work on ITAR related projects. I worked in a company that had internally "subcontracted" uncleared employees from another unit for design work. One was belatedly found out to be a Canadian citizen and was removed the next day.
- Tomminn 7y agoIt's true that there are some loopholes [1]. It's also true that as a permanent resident, you come under the category "US person", which some/most of the ITER law refers to, which restricts non US-persons from working with "Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment" [2]. But I think it's fair summary to say that if you are neither a citizen or a permanent resident, you have a damn tough hill to climb [3]. [1] https://www.quora.com/How-can-non-U-S-citizens-work-for-NASA-and-or-SpaceX?share=1 https://www.quora.com/How-can-non-U-S-citizens-work-for-NASA... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_... [3] https://www.inverse.com/article/21487-elon-musk-spacex-foreign-workers https://www.inverse.com/article/21487-elon-musk-spacex-forei...