Starship Propulsion Build Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Propulsion Build Engineer (Starship) to develop build processes, tooling, and designs for high-rate manufacturing of vehicle fluid systems. The role collaborates with design and build teams across Starship and Super Heavy programs, including installation of propulsion hardware and de-facto supervision of technicians.

The ideal candidate has a degree in engineering and hands-on experience with fluid/mechanical systems, plus experience in manufacturing design and welding

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• Hands-on project experience with fluid and/or mechanical systems.
• 1+ years of manufacturing design experience (internship and academic experience is applicable).

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing processes, techniques, and tools to enable efficient and high rate manufacturing.
• Work with the design engineering team to drive simplicity into the vehicle fluids systems at every level.
• Guide a team of technicians, welders, and fabricators in building high quality and functional fluid systems hardware.
• Coordinate and execute development, qualification, and acceptance testing of systems and tooling needed to meet hardware deadlines.
• Create original CAD models and prints for flight and/or tooling components.
• Create and maintain build schedules.
• Participate in design reviews internally and with suppliers and customers.
• Partner with engineering & production teams to generate ideas, designs, and improvements for current and next-generation vehicles.

Skills

Hands-on fluid/mechanical systems

GD&T concepts

Fabrication tooling experience

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace/mechanical engineering

Tools

Unigraphics NX

Teamcenter CAD/PLM

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Propulsion Build Engineer (Starship) to develop build processes, tooling, and designs for high-rate manufacturing of vehicle fluid systems. The role collaborates with design and build teams across Starship and Super Heavy programs, including installation of propulsion hardware and de-facto supervision of technicians.

The ideal candidate has a degree in engineering and hands-on experience with fluid/mechanical systems, plus experience in manufacturing design and welding