Starship Dynamics Engineer — Vehicle Vibration & Analysis

SpaceX; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in the United States is seeking a Dynamics Engineer for Starship to tackle vehicle dynamics, structural-fluid interactions, and system-level analyses. The role emphasizes physics-first principles, frequency-domain methods, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with propulsion, structures, and software teams.

You will develop models, run tests, analyze flight data, and implement hardware changes to improve performance and reliability of Starship and future crewed vehicles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 1+ years of experience with structural or fluid dynamics
• Hands-on experience either analyzing data or building hardware

Responsibilities

• Resolve dynamics problems through analysis, test and the use of flight data
• Build finite element and lumped element models of launch vehicle systems
• Execute dynamic testing from start-to-finish (pre-test analysis, sensor selection & installation, testing, data analysis, signal processing and model correlation)
• Own system level analysis and drive hardware modifications or vehicle operations across vehicle engineering teams
• Perform analyses using commercial and in-house codes as well as write new code

Skills

Frequency-based analysis

Time-history vibration analysis

Python

MATLAB

Finite element modeling

Structural dynamics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Finite element software

Job description

SpaceX in the United States is seeking a Dynamics Engineer for Starship to tackle vehicle dynamics, structural-fluid interactions, and system-level analyses. The role emphasizes physics-first principles, frequency-domain methods, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with propulsion, structures, and software teams.

You will develop models, run tests, analyze flight data, and implement hardware changes to improve performance and reliability of Starship and future crewed vehicles.