Propulsion NDE Engineer for Raptor Reliability

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); Sur place; USD 100 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA seeks a Propulsion NDE Engineer to develop and deploy non-destructive evaluation methods for the Raptor engine. You will design ultrasonic sensor systems, collaborate across engineering teams, and drive automation from requirements through on-site installation.

The role emphasizes hands-on NDE techniques, data-driven optimization, and production-ready validation with a focus on high-rate manufacturing and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, physics, or computer science.
• 1+ years of hands-on with non-destructive evaluation techniques and processes.

Responsabilités

• Develop NDE inspection methods from feasibility through production cut-in.
• Design and prototype ultrasonic sensor systems, scan setups, and part tooling to meet coverage, sensitivity, and cycle-time requirements.
• Partner with responsible engineers on inspection requirements, designing parts for inspectability, method selection, and evaluation of production data.
• Validate new techniques with modeling, bench-top trials, and production-representative scans before committing to full-scale hardware.
• Drive vendors, tooling, and automation from requirements and procurement through on-site install, integration, and commissioning.
• Build and deploy automated evaluation, data storage, and reporting pipelines that link inspection results to work orders.
• Define integration test plans, qualification evidence, and production-cut-in criteria that track to the program schedule.
• Present risk, performance, and recommendations to manufacturing, design, and leadership.
• Debug hardware and software interactions at the inspection cell during development and production.
• Use production scan data to improve detection performance, reduce cycle time, and eliminate false calls and escapes.
• Train production technicians on new inspection methods and support them through process activation.

Connaissances

Phased-array UT

Immersion UT

Eddy current testing

Digital radiography

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

LabVIEW programming

Python scripting

C# programming

SQL querying

Formation

Bachelor's degree in engineering/physics/CS

Master's/PhD in engineering

Outils

LabVIEW

Python

C#

SQL

JIRA

Description du poste

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA seeks a Propulsion NDE Engineer to develop and deploy non-destructive evaluation methods for the Raptor engine. You will design ultrasonic sensor systems, collaborate across engineering teams, and drive automation from requirements through on-site installation.

The role emphasizes hands-on NDE techniques, data-driven optimization, and production-ready validation with a focus on high-rate manufacturing and reliability.