Welding Engineer – Aerospace Starship Projects

Future Ventures; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is hiring a Welding Engineer (Starship) to advance welding designs for Starship launch vehicles. You will collaborate with design and build teams to optimize welds and enforce standardized welding methods across assemblies.

The role requires developing welding qualification tests, interpreting mechanical and NDE results, and driving process improvements for manufacturing reliability. Long hours and weekend work may be needed depending on build schedules.

Qualifications

• Hands-on welding experience in various alloys.
• Familiar with multiple welding processes and standards.
• Experience with root cause analysis and failure investigations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, and optimize weld processes for Starship hardware.
• Support production with welding techniques and best practices.
• Collaborate with design and manufacturing to improve welds.
• Lead welding qualification test campaigns and analyze results.
• Develop and implement advanced NDE methods for welds.

Skills

Hands-on welding

Welding processes

NDE interpretation

Root cause analysis

Robotics

Tooling design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in welding engineering

Tools

Robot programming

Job description

SpaceX is hiring a Welding Engineer (Starship) to advance welding designs for Starship launch vehicles. You will collaborate with design and build teams to optimize welds and enforce standardized welding methods across assemblies.

The role requires developing welding qualification tests, interpreting mechanical and NDE results, and driving process improvements for manufacturing reliability. Long hours and weekend work may be needed depending on build schedules.