Starship Mechanical Engineer
At SpaceX, we're working towards a future where humanity is out exploring the stars. Our Starbase team is developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
We're seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to join our elite team and contribute to designing and building flight hardware such as propellant tanks, integration interfaces, primary structures, and structural subassemblies.
* Develop design concepts from scratch and size vehicle structures based on flight loads.
* Collaborate with peers from different vehicle systems to develop designs that balance mass, cost, and capability.
* Create detailed designs to implement structural concepts and generate CAD models in NX for components, assemblies, and vehicle integration.
* Build finite element models to assess your designs in detail and analyze your structures to prove they meet the needs of the vehicle.
* Apply first-order hand calculations and empirical formulas to assess and iterate on your designs rapidly.
* Validate your designs by building development articles to test individual joints and design elements for strength.
* Perform structural testing on subassemblies and full sections of the airframe.
* Partner with build engineers and technicians to improve your designs.
* Support the assembly of your hardware in the factory and witness your designs being brought to life daily.
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
* 1+ years of engineering experience designing, analyzing, or building structures (internship and school projects experience qualify).
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
* Strong ability to use data and analysis to make fast data-driven decisions.
* Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information.
* Experience working at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints.
* Experience building hardware or have a passion for contributing to a work product that operates in the real world.
* Demonstrated rapid growth.
* You've demonstrated resilience and the ability to overcome failure or extreme odds.
* Experience leading or working on an engineering competition team, i.e. Formula SAE, Baja SAE, RoboSub, Combat Robotics or similar.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
* Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
* To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.