Starship Structural Test Engineer

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Structural Test Engineer for the Starship program to lead static and dynamic system-level tests. You will work with vehicle engineers to configure test articles, stands, and supporting systems, ensuring performance and safety criteria are met.

Responsibilities include designing mechanical, fluid, and data acquisition systems, developing test procedures, and guiding technicians through assembly, instrumentation, and test execution while reviewing results and optimizing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical engineering, or other engineering field.
• 1+ years of experience with testing, mechanical or data acquisition, and control system design (internships and college competition team count)

Responsibilities

• Work with vehicle engineers, develop and execute static and dynamic system-level structural tests from conception.
• Design, modify, and build mechanical systems.
• Design, modify, build, and troubleshoot fluid systems.
• Design, modify, build, and troubleshoot data acquisition (DAQ) and control systems, wiring, and instrumentation.
• Develop and maintain test procedures, sequences, scripts, configuration files, and software.
• Operate the test stand from test assembly and activation through test execution with a small team of engineers and technicians.
• Provide daily direction and instruction to technicians to integrate test articles and hardware.
• Review data manually or using automatic scripts.

Skills

Test engineering

Mechanical design

Data acquisition

Control systems

NI-based DAQ

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

NI DAQ systems

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Structural Test Engineer for the Starship program to lead static and dynamic system-level tests. You will work with vehicle engineers to configure test articles, stands, and supporting systems, ensuring performance and safety criteria are met.

Responsibilities include designing mechanical, fluid, and data acquisition systems, developing test procedures, and guiding technicians through assembly, instrumentation, and test execution while reviewing results and optimizing