Software Engineer - Thermal & Fluid Analysis

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer for the Thermal & Fluid Analysis team to develop software tools supporting the design and testing of Starship's thermal and fluids systems. You will automate workflows, build infrastructure, and deploy new software to the analysis community to speed up design iterations and enable faster decision making.

The role requires strong software development skills and interest in simulation, thermal design, and fluid systems, with experience in thermal/fluid

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience coding in Python, JavaScript, and/or Rust (including internship or academic experience).
• Strong interest in simulation, thermal design, and fluid systems.

Responsibilities

• Design software and workflows that improve mission critical analysis throughput
• Build infrastructure to support thermal and fluid systems analysis
• Automate analysis workflows to speed up mission and design iteration
• Support simulation and validation with test and flight data
• Collaborate with engineers to improve reliability and performance of spacecraft systems
• Write clean, scalable code and maintain strong documentation

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Rust

Data processing

High performance computing

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related field

Tools

MATLAB

C/C++

Git

Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Workbench

Siemens STAR-CCM+

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer for the Thermal & Fluid Analysis team to develop software tools supporting the design and testing of Starship's thermal and fluids systems. You will automate workflows, build infrastructure, and deploy new software to the analysis community to speed up design iterations and enable faster decision making.

The role requires strong software development skills and interest in simulation, thermal design, and fluid systems, with experience in thermal/fluid