Starship Welding Engineer: Advanced Weld Processes Lead

Starlink; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Welding Engineer (Starship) to develop and optimize welding designs and processes for Starship launch vehicles, interfacing with design-and-build teams to improve welded assemblies. You will lead qualification testing, collaborate with manufacturing and NDE, and implement advanced welding techniques to enhance reliability and efficiency.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering with 1+ years of welding experience; advanced welding methods and robotics experience are a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience with welded assemblies.
• Welding processes knowledge including electron beam, laser beam, plasma arc, GTAW, GMAW.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and qualify weld processes for multiple welding processes.
• Support production operations on full-scale welded assemblies.
• Set up welding qualification test campaigns and interpret test results.
• Work with NDE to interpret weld quality for development and flight hardware.
• Drive process improvements and automate welding solutions where possible.
• Scope out new welding technologies to improve rate, quality, and efficiency.

Skills

Welding experience

Robot programming

NDE interpretation

Root cause analysis

Materials interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in welding engineering (preferred)

Tools

Electron beam welding

Laser beam welding

GTAW / TIG welding

Plasma arc welding

Friction stir welding

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Welding Engineer (Starship) to develop and optimize welding designs and processes for Starship launch vehicles, interfacing with design-and-build teams to improve welded assemblies. You will lead qualification testing, collaborate with manufacturing and NDE, and implement advanced welding techniques to enhance reliability and efficiency.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering with 1+ years of welding experience; advanced welding methods and robotics experience are a