Launch and Test Engineer, Fluids

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork"]

Join SpaceX as a Launch and Test Engineer in Fluids to design, build, and test fluid and mechanical systems for rocket launches. You’ll own projects end-to-end, work with technicians, and iterate hardware in a fast-paced environment to meet tight deadlines across global launch sites.

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Launch and Test Engineer, Fluids

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Job Summary

Join SpaceX as a Launch and Test Engineer in Fluids to design, build, and test fluid and mechanical systems for rocket launches. You’ll own projects end-to-end, work with technicians, and iterate hardware in a fast-paced environment to meet tight deadlines across global launch sites.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Analyze, design, and build systems that support critical rocket launches and testing
  • •Cradle-to-grave project ownership through hosting design reviews, project decision justification, equipment procurement, and coordination and assistance of the construction of your ideas
  • •Design modular hardware capable of being manufactured at volume for future launch sites across the world
  • •Apply interdisciplinary engineering skills in fields of system-level process design and initial sizing, detailed pressurized fluid and thermal analysis, structural engineering, materials and component selection and cost/schedule optimization
  • •Work directly with technicians and support groups to build your designs, and fix real-world problems on the fly

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline
  • •1+ years of hands-on build or design experience (internship, club, and competition team experience qualifies)
Experience:1+ yearsAerospaceSpacecraftManufacturingFluids
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Languages:English
Tech Stack:NXCADFEACFDPipingPressure vesselFabricationLaser/welding

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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