A 14-year-old teenager has become the youngest ever engineer at SpaceX, the multi-billion-dollar rocket company founded by tech tycoon Elon Musk.
Kairan Quazi confirmed on LinkedIn that the California-based firm had offered him a job on the Starlink engineering team as a software engineer.
Starlink is a satellite constellation that uses a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet.
Writing on LinkedIn, Kairan said: “Next stop: SpaceX! I will be joining the coolest company on the planet as a software engineer on the Starlink engineering team.
“One of the rare companies that did not use my age as an arbitrary and outdated proxy for maturity and ability.”
He added: “A huge thank you to my team at SpaceX for the most transparent, technically challenging, and FUN interview process. Colin Compton, I knew from our first conversation that I found my people.”
For Kairan, the move comes following his graduation from Santa Clara University, where he became the youngest ever graduate in the school’s 172-year history.
Kairan said he expects to start at SpaceX in July.
Image: Kairan Quazi, SpaceX’s youngest ever engineer. Credit: Kairan Quazi/Instagram
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