Michael Nicolls - VP for Starlink Engineering @ SpaceX

Overview

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CB Rank (Person)

Primary Job Title VP for Starlink Engineering
Primary Organization
SpaceX

Location Hawthorne, California, United States
Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Michael Nicolls is based out of Hawthorne, California and is the Vice President for Starlink Engineering of SpaceX. Michael previously worked at LeoLabs as a Founder and Chief Technology Officer. Michael Nicolls attended the Cornell University.

Jobs

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Michael Nicolls

has

current jobs as

President

xAI

and

VP for Starlink Engineering

SpaceX

. Additionally,

Michael Nicolls

has had

past jobs including

Principal Engineer

SpaceX

xAI PresidentApr 2026
SpaceX VP for Starlink EngineeringFeb 2023

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
SpaceX	Principal Engineer	Nov 2020	Sep 2021
LeoLabs	Founder and Director	Nov 2020	May 2021
LeoLabs	CTO and Co-founder	2016	Nov 2020
SpaceX	Director, Starlink Network	Aug 2021	—

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