Trader, Natural Gas (Supply Chain)

The role

The Trader will manage physical and financial natural gas trading and supply optimization. This role involves establishing a new natural gas trading team to secure energy commodities for launch operations and vehicle production.

What you will do

• Establish and lead a new natural gas trading team.
• Develop and execute directional, spread, physical, and financial trading strategies.
• Identify pricing inefficiencies and market distortions.
• Manage trading positions in response to market signals.
• Act as a market intelligence provider on natural gas categories and related markets.
• Benchmark and analyze performance metrics and P&L.
• Recruit, mentor, and scale a team of traders and analysts.
• Develop and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Conduct market, supplier, and counterparty analysis.
• Execute RFIs, RFPs, bid events, and negotiations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4+ years of experience working in natural gas or energy commodity trading
• 4+ years of experience working in material cost control / energy markets analysis
• 4+ years of experience working in engineering or finance related to energy commodities
• Must be able to travel up to 50% work week, including international travel
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of US (and/or global) natural gas markets
• Understanding of utilities, power purchase agreements, pipelines, cryogenic commodities, gas system equipment, LNG, or oil & gas sector
• Demonstrable track record of trading P&L generation, commercial impact, or significant cost savings/supply optimization
• Established relationships with market counterparties, brokers, and suppliers
• Proficiency in Python or similar tools
• Experience sourcing/trading from a global supply base using various contractual models
• Experience with trade capture systems (e.g., Endur or similar)

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company is a market leader in human spaceflight, rapid vehicle reusability, and internet services through Starlink.