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> american citizenship is required to apply for SpaceX jobs Interestingly ITAR rules themselves only specify "US persons" (which includes LPRs, certain refugee
by wenc 6y ago
> american citizenship is required to apply for SpaceX jobs
Interestingly ITAR rules themselves only specify "US persons" (which includes LPRs, certain refugees/asylees), not necessarily exclusively citizens. It seems that restricting hiring to citizens in order to comply with ITAR may actually contradict the law:
https://www.wiggin.com/publication/hiring-u-s-citizens-only-for-itar-compliance-can-violate-the-immigration-and-nationality-act/ https://www.wiggin.com/publication/hiring-u-s-citizens-only-...
https://www.justice.gov/crt/page/file/1080256/download https://www.justice.gov/crt/page/file/1080256/download
It's possible that certain SpaceX positions have additional clearance requirements that may require citizenship. However a random search on SpaceX's hiring site only specifies ITAR requirements, and it describes the "US persons" category correctly.
https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4750171002?gh_jid=4750171002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4750171002?gh_jid=4...
- colordrops 6y agoThey also do hire non US persons that don't get access to certain materials but it's rare.