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. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
ITAR, defense, and clearances are completely unique worlds compared to the rest of the job market.
That said, if Elon used Tesla employees for Twitter business, what to say that he doesn't do the same for SpaceX business?
You cant discriminate in favor of citizens vs permanent residents unless the job legally requires citizenship.
> unless the job legally requires citizenship
nonsense
tons of jobs advertisements required "US citizenship", because there is a security clearance attached
Now SpaceX says:
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. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
If the position requires a security clearance, they are not breaking the law. Language like this is standard on defense contractor postings that require clearances (this from Lockeed):
> Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
> SpaceX was prosecuted for doing that.
SpaceX was prosecuted for excluding refugees and asylees from export-controlled positions, not cleared positions.
FWIW it's illegal to require "US citizenship" in a job description. You can, however, say "eligible to work in the US". (The former would be discriminatory against non-citizen permanent residents). Although I'm also not a lawyer.