Flight Design Criteria Engineer – Falcon & Dragon

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Retirement plan (401k)

Medical, vision & dental

Paid time off

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Design Criteria Engineer for Falcon & Dragon. You will help ensure that flight hardware and operations meet design requirements while guiding engineering designs from concept to flight and coordinating cross‑disciplinary problem solving across SpaceX programs.

The role emphasizes developing design criteria, performing peer reviews, and enabling reliable, aircraft‑like operations of launch vehicles and spacecraft.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline required.
• 1+ years of hardware engineering experience.
• Experience with design criteria and verification.
• Knowledge of aerospace hardware in flight or testing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure design criteria and requirements are followed for flight, launch, and recovery.
• Provide peer reviews and approvals during design reviews.
• Develop design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches.
• Set up processes for reliable launch vehicle operations.
• Drive design improvements with hardware teams.
• Review vehicle changes for qualification.
• Develop design and analysis tools for other teams.

Skills

Hardware design

Peer review

Scripting

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Fabrication experience

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

NASTRAN

ABAQUS

ANSYS

Visual Basic

MATLAB

Python

Excel

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Design Criteria Engineer for Falcon & Dragon. You will help ensure that flight hardware and operations meet design requirements while guiding engineering designs from concept to flight and coordinating cross‑disciplinary problem solving across SpaceX programs.

The role emphasizes developing design criteria, performing peer reviews, and enabling reliable, aircraft‑like operations of launch vehicles and spacecraft.