Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Ground Station Systems

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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.