PROPOSAL SPECIALIST

From release of a customer€™s requirements through award of a contract, SpaceX proposal specialists manage the preparation and submittal of SpaceX€™s bids for competitive business opportunities, including launch and Starlink services. In this role, you€™ll prepare proposals that describe the features and benefits of SpaceX€™s constantly evolving technology and services. You€™ll manage authors from across our technical and business teams as they prepare text addressing specific customer needs. You€™ll edit, rewrite, and write technical and nontechnical text as necessary to prepare the most compelling possible proposals. You€™ll also be responsible for the creation of clear, visually persuasive graphics and for the timely delivery of a clean, error-free final product.

The position requires the energy, initiative, flexibility, and dependability to produce documents that reflect SpaceX€™s commitment to the rapid and reliable advancement of human spaceflight.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Read, understand, and communicate the highly complex requirements of new customer opportunities.
• Develop and manage proposal schedules.
• Draft proposal outlines.
• Manage section authors from across the company, setting and enforcing deadlines and expectations.
• Work with technical staff to gather and draft technical information for commercial and government proposals.
• Help develop creative arguments and talking points into compelling executive summaries and proposal text tailored for each opportunity.
• Work with technical and business staff to resolve open issues and questions about proposal text, figures, and tables.
• Help identify and develop supporting graphics.
• Edit and rewrite as necessary for clarity, logic, and readability.
• Fact-check information and flag technical errors.
• Edit for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• Ensure documents conform to company format and editorial style.
• Ensure proposals comply with customer instructions.
• Guide documents through review and approval processes.
• Prepare documents for print. Produce required copies and arrange delivery.
• Help develop and improve deliverable templates.
• Help improve and streamline the proposal development process.
• Help maintain repository of frequently used proposal information.
• Support Mission Management, Sales, and other SpaceX organizations with editing, writing, publication, and communication.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor€™s degree.
• 5+ years of experience publishing documents and/or editing the work of others.
• 5+ years of experience editing at the organizational, structural, sentence, fact-checking, and proofreading levels.
• 2+ years of experience in the professional-level preparation of documents for publication in Microsoft Office (2007 or more recent), or 5+ years of experience with a non-Office word-processing program and desktop-publishing software.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Degree in journalism, English, technical writing, or professional writing
• Experience with proposal or grant writing.
• Ability, or potential, to help implement proposal strategy.
• Knowledge of government or commercial proposals.
• Experience writing captions or headlines.
• Experience following an editorial style guide.
• Ability to turn strings of buzz words or jargon into coherent writing.
• Strong grasp of language, including nuance and tone.
• Proven ability to work under the pressure of long- and short-term deadlines.
• Demonstrated record of successfully planning and completing both short- and long-term projects.
• Demonstrated leadership, influence, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Basic knowledge of SpaceX€™s mission, business model, and competition.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be open to extended hours and/or weekends to meet critical deadlines and business need.
• This role is based out in Hawthorne, CA and requires you to be onsite. No hybrid or remote work will be considered.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:

Proposal Specialist/Level I: $75,000.00 - $95,000.00/per year

Proposal Specialist/Level II: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00/per year

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, stock options, 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. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.