Starship Launch Tower Mechanical Engineer

SpaceX; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to contribute to the Starship Tower, Launch Mount, and test stands from concept to deployment. You will design welded structures, large-scale mechanisms, actuators, and hydraulic/cryogenic systems supporting stage testing, vehicle stacking, propellant loading, and rapid reflight.

In this role you will perform structural, dynamic, thermal, and fluid analyses, while collaborating with software and operations engineers to ensure robust, fault-tolerant systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of experience with CAD and FEA software packages.
• 1+ years of experience with mechanical or fluid systems design, analysis, and hands-on assembly.

Responsibilities

• Drive hardware development for systems within the Starship tower, launch mount and test stands from basic architecture through design, analysis, scheduling, manufacturing, activation, and operational phases
• Own design and manufacturing of mechanisms, actuation systems, fluid systems, and large structures
• Perform structural, dynamic, thermal, and fluid analysis as necessary to determine requirements and to optimize the design of these systems
• Work closely with software and operations engineers to develop the concept of operations for launch mount systems with the goal of developing robust, fault-tolerant systems and software that perform every time in the varying extreme conditions of a launch environment
• Collaborate with engineers designing the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles to determine how the tower, launch mount, and vehicle can work together most effectively

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

CAD

FEA

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to contribute to the Starship Tower, Launch Mount, and test stands from concept to deployment. You will design welded structures, large-scale mechanisms, actuators, and hydraulic/cryogenic systems supporting stage testing, vehicle stacking, propellant loading, and rapid reflight.

In this role you will perform structural, dynamic, thermal, and fluid analyses, while collaborating with software and operations engineers to ensure robust, fault-tolerant systems