PECAN ISLAND, La. — Elon Musk’s SpaceX has opened four job listings for its planned Vermilion Parish spaceport, the first public hiring push since the company and state officials unveiled the $100 billion project last month.
The four openings appeared on the company’s careers page this week, exactly four weeks after Gov. Jeff Landry stood with SpaceX representatives in Abbeville to announce the Starbase Louisiana project. Construction on the spaceport is expected to begin in 2027.
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The Four Positions Now Open
Two of the roles, senior construction project manager and civil engineer for land development, will be based at Starbase in the Brownsville, Texas, area until early 2027, when both positions require relocation to Vermilion Parish. The construction project manager will coordinate on-site building activity and supervise field personnel, while the civil engineer joins the launch infrastructure team working to build a second orbital launch pad and supporting facilities.
The government affairs manager must live in or near Vermilion Parish and will lead local and state government relations, community and business relations and educational outreach for the project. The fourth listing, senior counsel for real estate and infrastructure, is based on-site at Pecan Island and will handle land purchases, leases, easements and rights-of-way tied to the spaceport.
Two weeks ago, a listing for an external affairs manager briefly appeared on SpaceX’s site before it was pulled. The company did not respond to a request for comment about the removal at the time.
Where Vermilion Parish Fits Into Starbase Louisiana
SpaceX’s Aug. 25 announcement, first detailed by The Acadiana Advocate, outlined a spaceport built on roughly 125,000 acres of coastal wetlands about 45 miles south/southwest of Lafayette. The land became available through the settlement of a lawsuit Vermilion Parish and the state brought against ExxonMobil over coastal wetland damage…