Elon Musk-helmed SpaceX, which also plans to offer broadband via satellite Starlink service in India, has started hiring for its Indian subsidiary, though the commercial licences from the government are awaited.

Sanjay Bhargava, Starlink Country Director India at SpaceX, said in a LinkedIn post Friday, “I am pleased to announce that we are now officially looking for two rockstars to join the Indian Subsidiary. Please read the job descriptions carefully and apply from there itself if you see a good fit.”

The two posts on offer are Director, Rural Transformation, India and Executive Assistant, India.

Bhargava has further clarified that the executive assistant position is not that of a chief of staff, while director rural transformation has to have technical knowledge too.

The director of rural transformation would be responsible for determining Starlink’s successful adoption by local communities in India, apart from helping selected geographical areas deliver measurable and time-bound GDP and sustainable development goals through the deployment of Starlink technology.

“As and when there are other open positions they will appear on the jobs board. I do not expect any more till we are commercially licensed,” Bhargava’s post added, making it clear that clearances from the Indian government are yet to come through.

Earlier this month, in another LinkedIn post, Bhargava had said SpaceX now has a 100 percent owned subsidiary in India. “…We can now start applying for licenses, open bank accounts etc.,” the post had highlighted.

With Bharti Airtel-backed London-based OneWeb already having obtained the necessary permissions to provide high speed broadband via LEO satellites in India, the scene is hotting up.

Others in the fray for a slice of the Indian market are SpaceX and the Tata-Telesat combine, leveraging respective LEO constellations.

However, a Reuters report a few months back had raised some questions on Starlink’s LEO broadband service in the US, quoting users in States like Arizona, saying that such a service could be impacted by rains or extreme heat.