Aerospace Materials Engineer - Metals for Starship

SpaceX; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Materials Engineer (Starship) to own critical materials across the program, from inception to flight. You will develop properties for metals, perform root cause investigations using fractography and SEM, and implement reliability improvements in designs and manufacturing.

You will collaborate with engineers on flight hardware to ensure material suitability, and you will work in a high-performance team tackling challenging aerospace material issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering.
• 2+ years of professional, research, and/or internship experience working on metallics in a materials engineering role.
• Master’s degree or PhD in materials science or engineering preferred.
• Experience with failure analysis and fractography including SEM and metallographic analysis.
• Knowledge of aerospace metals including nickel-based alloys, stainless steels, aluminum alloys, and titanium alloys.

Responsibilities

• Own outcomes of critical materials to our program.
• Oversee the entire scope of a material from inception to flight.
• Develop physical, mechanical, and thermal properties for materials.
• Perform root cause investigations using fractography, metallography, and testing.
• Develop and implement reliability improvements in designs and manufacturing.
• Work directly with engineers developing the flight hardware to ensure proper utilization of materials.
• Collaborate with other engineers, subject matter experts, and technicians to solve complex material and processing challenges on our current and next generation vehicles.

Skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Mechanical testing knowledge

Fractography

Metallography

Education

Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering

Master’s degree or PhD in materials science or engineering

Tools

SEM

Metallography

Fractography

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Materials Engineer (Starship) to own critical materials across the program, from inception to flight. You will develop properties for metals, perform root cause investigations using fractography and SEM, and implement reliability improvements in designs and manufacturing.

You will collaborate with engineers on flight hardware to ensure material suitability, and you will work in a high-performance team tackling challenging aerospace material issues.