A lead SpaceX engineer has decided to switch career paths. While the company’s founder, Elon Musk, embraced the tech to politics and then back to tech trajectory, Jay Nagy has formally stepped away from this world, but not entirely from his tech-driven inspirations.

Taking to his official social media profile, Nagy, who had been attached to the aerospace company for over five years, laid out a firm confession about quitting the banner for a sound reason.

SpaceX engineer quits tech job for US politics switch

“Today was one of the hardest days of my life,” he wrote in a Friday post on X (US time). “I formally stepped away from my lead engineer role at SpaceX.”

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Revealing where he was headed next, Jay Nagy said, “For the next 90 days I’m now running for Congress seeking the Republican nomination in the TX34.” Taking on the self-proclaimed role as the “ONLY builder in this race,” the SpaceX employee said he is the “only one who is going to make the case for the future, and the only one who knows how to create it.”

Although he admitted that his chances of winning the political seat were slim, Nagy asserted that the cause was important to him. Urging others to spread the word, he added, “Be brave, I need you to share this post, donate on my website, any amount. I’m carrying the banner for tech, youth, meritocracy and the values of Western civilisation. If you support that, then right now, help me send a huge message to the establishment.”

“This is one of the last competitive districts in the nation. No matter where you reside in the USA help me send the message, that we support builders; fighting for a better future.”

Jay Nagy is NOT an Indian

Although Nagy proudly boasts about his “migrant roots” on his Congress candidate profile on the SaveSouthTexas.com website, he has since affirmed he does not share Indian ancestry.

After his post emerged on X, some social media users were curious to know about his ethnicity, while others probed if he was an Indian. In the comments section itself, he shut those queries down with a blunt clarification: “I’m Hungarian and Hispanic. Nagy is a Hungarian name.”

A user even tried to rely on Grok to pull out the answer about Nagy’s ethnicity. The SpaceX techie did the job himself, sharing a picture that detailed his diverse culture roots as: “18.8% North American. 16.6% English. 16.0% Portuguese & Galician. 9.3% Belgian, Rhinelander & Southern Dutch. 6.8% Andalusian, Asturian & Castilian. 5.8% Scottish.”

Jay Nagy’s message to Elon Musk

In a follow-up tweet, Nagy directly addressed Elon Musk, reminding him that he votes in the same district he was campaigning for.

“You own two factories in this district and are one of our most influential citizens. I encourage you to read my platform and support the only person who understands the maniacal urgency required here,” he wrote on X. “Under me tech will boom like never before.”

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When someone questioned his mention of a “maniacal urgency,” Nagy commented, “I personally believe we are on the verge of widespread technological prosperity. The largest risk to this, is the collapse of the US government and its values. Either through bankruptcy, population collapse or external threats. We must be urgent with building out that tech future, and we must have a government that incentives it. Because the window of opportunity may be shorter than many realise.”

About Jay Nagy

According to his LinkedIn profile, Nagy was promoted to the Led Thermal Hardware Engineer post six months ago. Prior to that he held the Thermal Hardware Engineer II title. Back in 2022, he took on the role of a Build Engineer II after joining the SpaceX team as a Build Engineer in 2020.

He pursued Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toledo after getting his high school diploma in computer programming from Clay High School.

Jay kicked off his professional journey at McDonalds’ when he was just 16 years old. “My parents have no connections and are blue collar themselves. I had to work for everything I have,” reads his Texas Candidate profile. He is now 29 years old, and has turned his back on his prior allegiance to the Democrat cause.

Being a Trump voter, he details in his candidate profile he was not only born, but also grew up in Northwest Ohio. Sharing more about his family tree, he says, “My Grandparents, Maria Villarreal & Apolonio Cantu were RGV migrant farmers. Only middle school dropouts picking cotton nationwide.  They Rejected welfare, chased factories in Ohio to provide their family a better life. The opportunities they left to find, still have not materialized fully in South Texas and I want to fix that.”

Nagy further highlights that he doesn’t have any donors backing him. “This was spun up with my own funding as an internet-native campaign – ZERO TV waste, yard-sign spam, or self-paid salaries. Your dollars? Untouched unless you insist. This is a labor of love. Any donations will likely go to strategic ad buys and sign placement,” he shares in his candidate profile online. ” I do not believe in bombarding every citizen with my face on billboards at every street corner. Makes our district look gross. We will be thoughtful with these expenses and deploy where needed most.”

While laying down his policy framework, Nagy determined he wants to raise living standards by boosting prosperity through capitalism, hard work and Christian values; industrialise South Texas, fix the fundamentals like water, public lands, transportation infrastructure and air quality; focus on local wins, back the national battle; enforce fiscal accountability and secure borders while demanding Mexico’s accountability.