Build Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["SQL","Design for manufacturing","Automation","Quality","Testing","Data management"]

Build Engineer for SpaceX’s Starship program focused on developing and qualifying high-rate, mixed-product manufacturing processes for propulsion, avionics, and welded structures. Designs for manufacturing improvements, tooling, automation, and in-situ inspection to maximize yield and reduce takt and cycle times, collaborating with design teams to influence vehicle architecture.

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SpaceX
SpaceX
3 months ago

Build Engineer (Starship)

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Job Summary

Build Engineer for SpaceX’s Starship program focused on developing and qualifying high-rate, mixed-product manufacturing processes for propulsion, avionics, and welded structures. Designs for manufacturing improvements, tooling, automation, and in-situ inspection to maximize yield and reduce takt and cycle times, collaborating with design teams to influence vehicle architecture.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and perform acceptance testing of manufacturing processes, techniques, and tools to enable efficient and high-rate manufacturing
  • •Design and implement precision tooling to eliminate assembly error, improve quality, and minimize cycle time
  • •Automate novel processes to ensure repeatability on high-rate manufacturing lines
  • •Work closely with design engineering teams to influence flight design and vehicle architecture with design for manufacturing improvements
  • •Develop and/or automate in-situ inspection techniques to increase yield and decrease cycle time
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
  • •1+ years of manufacturing and process design experience (internship and academic experience is applicable)
  • •Master's degree in an engineering discipline (preferred)
  • •Hands-on project experience with mixed value stream or high-rate manufacturing lines, focusing on maximizing yield and increasing rate (preferred)
  • •Experience using SQL or other data management structures to inform priorities and measure performance (preferred)
Experience:1+ yearsAerospaceManufacturingStarship
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:SQLDesign for manufacturingAutomationQualityTestingData management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLAutomationManufacturingQuality inspection

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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