Graduate Mechanical Engineer – Starship Hardware

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

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a NEW GRADUATE ENGINEER, MECHANICAL (STARSHIP) to join our Starbase team. You will design, analyze, and build hardware for Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, contributing across design, analysis, test, and manufacturing domains.

You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, perform hand calculations and FEA, and iterate rapidly to advance next-generation launch systems, while growing your technical skills in a high-pressure, mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in 2027
• Degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• 1+ years of mechanical or fluids design, analysis, or build experience

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of next generation launch vehicles, launch pad and production lines
• Transform system requirements into hardware concepts and trade implementation and architecture options
• Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs
• Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with all Starship systems and supports necessary mission operations
• Participate in design reviews internally and with suppliers and customers
• Partner with engineering and production teams to generate ideas, designs, and improvements for current and next-generation vehicles
• Own large business outcomes

Skills

Data analysis

Trade studies

Fast-paced environment

Competitive environment

Hardware experience

Multitask effectively

Rapid growth

Resilience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physics

Master’s degree in engineering or physics

PhD in engineering or physics

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a NEW GRADUATE ENGINEER, MECHANICAL (STARSHIP) to join our Starbase team. You will design, analyze, and build hardware for Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, contributing across design, analysis, test, and manufacturing domains.

You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, perform hand calculations and FEA, and iterate rapidly to advance next-generation launch systems, while growing your technical skills in a high-pressure, mission-driven environment.