Raptor Propulsion Design Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Vacation + holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Propulsion Engineer for the Raptor Engine Systems Design team to lead top-level engine assembly work, manage CAD models and BOMs, and coordinate design changes across vehicle interfaces. You will engage in packaging, routing, and system-level layouts for evolving engine configurations and collaborate with production and test teams to move hardware from design to build.

This role emphasizes experience with 3D CAD, engineering change processes, and producing production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of mechanical design and mechanical integration experience with regular use of 3D CAD.

Responsibilities

• Support management of the top-level Raptor engine assembly across CAD, drawings, bills of materials, and configuration, while helping ensure complete hardware is released on schedule.
• Maintain the engine fluid schematic as an accurate representation of the latest released engine design.
• Support and maintain Raptor-to-Starship interfaces, including structural capability, seals, packaging, and dressout, shipping, and installation kits.
• Maintain awareness of open engineering changes, investigations, and design work across the department that could affect the engine assembly.
• Lead or support engineering change reviews and maintain current Bill of Design and design-review documentation, including DCR, PDR, and CDR.
• Drive a high standard for engineering changes, design documentation, technical quality, and schedule across contributing engineering teams.
• Develop automation for configuration management, change tracking, and design documentation where processes are still performed manually.
• Develop interface, routing, packaging, and system-level layouts when engine and vehicle designs must change together.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, test, analysis, and vehicle teams to resolve integration issues and move hardware from design through release and build.
• Contribute to conceptual and system-level design work for future engine configurations and ongoing Raptor design changes as program needs require

Skills

3D CAD

Mechanical design

Mechanical integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Python

SQL

MATLAB

ANSYS

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Propulsion Engineer for the Raptor Engine Systems Design team to lead top-level engine assembly work, manage CAD models and BOMs, and coordinate design changes across vehicle interfaces. You will engage in packaging, routing, and system-level layouts for evolving engine configurations and collaborate with production and test teams to move hardware from design to build.

This role emphasizes experience with 3D CAD, engineering change processes, and producing production