Join a Team Pioneering Human Exploration of the Stars
At SpaceX, we're driven by the vision of making humanity a multi-planetary species. Our team is working on the most ambitious project on Earth: developing the technologies to make life on Mars possible.
Meet the Challenge of Building a Reusable Heatshield
We're seeking a skilled Mechanical Engineer to join our Starbase team and help us overcome the toughest challenges in thermal protection systems. The successful candidate will work on designing, testing, and qualifying new heatshield solutions for our Starship architecture.
Your Key Responsibilities:
* Develop and test thermal protection system solutions for our Starship
* Owning the outcome and setting up end-to-end solutions to thermal challenges from idea to flying hardware
* Work with production on resolving issues on the floor and on the vehicle with our flight hardware
* Analyze and troubleshoot post-flight conditions on vehicle heatshields to drive vehicle changes and improvements
* Coordinate with analysis, avionics, structures, supply chain, and reliability engineers to drive multidisciplinary projects
* Work with outside vendors, suppliers, and testing resources to bring in new materials, capabilities, or processes
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline
* 1+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing or production (internship and school projects experience qualify)
Preferred Skills and Experience:
* 1+ years of experience working on thermal protection systems
* Strong fundamentals in aerothermal heating on reentry vehicles
* Strong fundamentals in the materials and mechanisms by which thermal protection systems operate
* Hands-on experience with hardware that has had to perform in challenging thermal environments such as rockets, reentry vehicles or other extreme temperature applications
* Ability to drive open-ended design and development challenges
* Familiarity and experience with production, installation, qualification and use of thermal protection system materials
* Experience using Siemens NX, or similar CAD software
* Ability to perform basic thermal or mechanical analysis
Additional Requirements:
* Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
* Ability to travel domestically
* Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
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.