Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Ground Station Systems

SpaceX

Town of Texas (WI)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

SpaceX is hiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for Gateways (Starlink) in the United States. You will own ground-station hardware from concept to production, driving design choices, testing, and integration with the Starlink network.

Join a high-performance team shipping RF/antenna hardware and advanced composites, with opportunities to influence manufacturing methods and product lifecycle, from design inception through deployment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience designing, building, and testing hardware.
  • Experience with CAD and/or finite element analysis (FEA) software packages.

Responsibilities

  • Own hardware from conceptual design through high-volume production and ground station deployment and operation.
  • Rapidly iterate on designs, analysis, and test to inform high-level system trades and steer overall product direction.
  • Develop design criteria, collaborate on requirements, and drive system-level optimization.
  • Establish an efficient product lifecycle starting in the supply chain all the way through final integration that balances cost, complexity, and quality; work closely with partner teams to design and realize an efficient in-house production line.
  • Perform environmental and performance testing on hardware to validate analysis and demonstrate compliance to design criteria.
  • Demonstrate extreme ownership of product outcomes at every stage of development and production.
  • Work with partner teams to develop novel manufacturing procedures.

Skills

Mechanical design
System-level optimization
Cross-functional collaboration
Manufacturing processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

CAD
FEA software

Job description

SpaceX is hiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for Gateways (Starlink) in the United States. You will own ground-station hardware from concept to production, driving design choices, testing, and integration with the Starlink network.

Join a high-performance team shipping RF/antenna hardware and advanced composites, with opportunities to influence manufacturing methods and product lifecycle, from design inception through deployment.

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