Aviation Integration Mechanical Engineer – Starlink

InvestedintheMission; Woodinville (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Stock options

Paid vacation

Job summary

SpaceX in the United States is hiring a Mechanical Engineer, Aviation Integration (Starlink) to own flight hardware from cradle to grave and coordinate with leadership during critical design phases.

You will drive design, qualification, and production for aircraft installations, perform analyses, lead design reviews with FAA designees, and work across teams to deliver reliable airborne connectivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or STEM.
• Experience with CAD and FEA software.
• Experience with mechanical/electromechanical design, analysis, and test.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive Starlink integration design packages from site survey through design, substantiation, and qualification.
• Own Starlink Aviation hardware from conceptual design through production and operation for aircraft installations.
• Develop design criteria, collaborate on requirements, and drive system-level optimization.
• Perform analysis on designs including hand calculations, FEA, and CAD in a rapidly changing environment.
• Rapidly iterate on designs and analysis to inform high level systems trades and steer overall product direction.
• Lead design reviews and work with FAA designees to certify components and systems.
• Generate detailed production and integration drawings using GD&T and performing a tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Drive holistic DFM to create elegant designs with a focus on piece part and process count reductions, error proofing at every step of fabrication and integration, and consistent performance and production metrics.
• Establish an efficient product lifecycle starting in the supply chain all the way through final integration that balances cost, complexity, and quality; work closely with partner teams to design and realize an efficient in-house production line.
• Perform environmental and performance testing on hardware to validate analysis and demonstrate compliance to design criteria.
• Own product delivery timeline through conception, design, assembly, and launch.
• Demonstrate extreme ownership of product outcomes at every stage of development and production.

Skills

CAD

FEA

Mechanical design

Analysis

Test

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

NX CAD

GD&T

Job description

SpaceX in the United States is hiring a Mechanical Engineer, Aviation Integration (Starlink) to own flight hardware from cradle to grave and coordinate with leadership during critical design phases.

You will drive design, qualification, and production for aircraft installations, perform analyses, lead design reviews with FAA designees, and work across teams to deliver reliable airborne connectivity.