Senior Injection Mold Tooling Designer - Shape Starlink

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a materials engineer to join the materials engineering team to develop processes for plastic injection molds and to impact Starlink product components with a strong group of mechanical and process engineers.

You will own parting line development, perform DFM studies, interpret mold simulations, and design tools for in‑house manufacture while supporting external tool designs and mold trials.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a designer.
• 3+ years of feasibility and mold flow analysis.
• Experience with Siemens NX.
• Experience with designing injection molds.

Responsibilities

• Own parting line development and surfacing of in‑house molds and components.
• Responsible for all design for manufacturability (DFM) studies on plastic injection molded components.
• Own and manage the feasibility and surfacing of critical mold components.
• Interpret mold filling simulations and cooling analyses to drive feasibility and tool design.
• Design tools to be manufactured in‑house.
• Support external tool designs and attend mold trials at vendor shops.
• Ensure designs are safe, effective, and manufacturable.

Skills

Mold design

Mold flow analysis

Siemens NX

Injection molding

DFM studies

Tooling design

Tools

Siemens NX

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a materials engineer to join the materials engineering team to develop processes for plastic injection molds and to impact Starlink product components with a strong group of mechanical and process engineers.

You will own parting line development, perform DFM studies, interpret mold simulations, and design tools for in‑house manufacture while supporting external tool designs and mold trials.