Launch Systems Engineer — Fluid & Cryogenics

InvestedintheMission; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in the United States is seeking a Launch Engineer, Fluid Systems (Starship) to design, build, activate, modify, and maintain fluid systems powering our rockets. You’ll own projects end-to-end from design reviews to on-site installation and testing.

The role demands hands-on fabrication, fast problem solving under pressure, and collaboration with technicians and operations teams to meet tight deadlines. Prior experience with high-pressure/cryogenic fluids is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of hands-on build or design experience (internship, club, and competition team experience qualifies).
• Experience with high‑pressure and cryogenic fluid systems and components.
• Experience producing drawings for welders and machine shop fabrication.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and build systems that support critical rocket launches and testing
• Cradle-to-grave project ownership through hosting design reviews, project decision justification, equipment procurement, and coordination and assistance of the construction of your ideas
• Design modular hardware capable of being manufactured at volume for future launch sites across the world
• Apply interdisciplinary engineering skills in fields of system-level process design and initial sizing, detailed pressurized fluid and thermal analysis, structural engineering, materials, and component selection, and cost/schedule optimization
• Work directly with technicians and support groups to build your designs, and fix real-world problems on the fly
• Maintain a tight feedback loop with the launch operations team to rapidly alter plans as necessary to meet tight deadlines
• Activate and troubleshoot equipment to achieve design objectives and iterate system maintenance strategies to reduce future downtimes
• Independently evaluate complex problems and arrive at solutions to seemingly impractical problems that best support the program
• Hands-on approach to tackling daily field projects necessary to keep the company launching rockets

Skills

Independent thinker

Team collaboration

Problem solving under pressure

Effective communication

CAD NX

Fluid systems understanding

Machining/welding experience

Documentation & drawings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

SpaceX in the United States is seeking a Launch Engineer, Fluid Systems (Starship) to design, build, activate, modify, and maintain fluid systems powering our rockets. You’ll own projects end-to-end from design reviews to on-site installation and testing.

The role demands hands-on fabrication, fast problem solving under pressure, and collaboration with technicians and operations teams to meet tight deadlines. Prior experience with high-pressure/cryogenic fluids is a plus.