Senior Materials Engineer, Starship Metals & Processes

SpaceX; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Materials Engineer for Starship to develop and qualify materials and processes for reliability in extreme environments across production, flight, maintenance, and reuse.

You will apply special processing of metals, including plate, bar, and sheet processing, casting, forging, coatings, and heat treating, to Starship hardware from design through refurbishing.

Join a team of engineers and technicians solving materials challenges on current and next generation vehicles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in materials engineering or other engineering discipline with emphasis on materials
• 5+ years of professional work experience in a materials engineering related role
• Experience and expertise with multiple of the following manufacturing methods: tribological coatings (conversion, inorganic, dry-film lubricants), sheet/plate metal processing, casting, forging, brazing, welding, and heat treating

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy materials and process direction for Starship design, manufacturing, maintenance, and refurbishment
• Increase reliability of Starship manufacturing, maintenance, and reuse processes through material and process selection, analysis, development, and test
• Develop physical, mechanical, and thermal properties for materials
• Improve our special processes and materials through characterization and development
• Work directly with component design build and test engineering, design reliability, and production teams daily
• Perform root cause investigations using fractography, metallography, and testing
• Provide technical reviews and advising for design efforts specifically related to drawings, specifications, and material requirements
• Collaborate with other engineers, subject matter experts, and technicians to solve complex material and processing challenges on our current and next generation vehicles

Skills

Materials engineering

Tribological coatings

Casting

Welding

Heat treating

Failure analysis

Fractography

Non-destructive testing

Aerospace metals knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in materials engineering

Master's degree or PhD in materials engineering

Tools

FTIR

SEM

Metallographic analysis

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Materials Engineer for Starship to develop and qualify materials and processes for reliability in extreme environments across production, flight, maintenance, and reuse.

You will apply special processing of metals, including plate, bar, and sheet processing, casting, forging, coatings, and heat treating, to Starship hardware from design through refurbishing.

Join a team of engineers and technicians solving materials challenges on current and next generation vehicles.