Build Engineer (Starship) - Nights

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

Build Engineer on the SpaceX Starship team responsible for developing and qualifying high-rate manufacturing processes for propulsion, avionics, and welded structures. Focus on design for manufacturability, precision tooling, and automation to maximize yield and reduce takt times, while collaborating with design engineers to influence vehicle architecture and manufacturing improvements.

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4 months ago

Build Engineer (Starship) - Nights

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Job Summary

Build Engineer on the SpaceX Starship team responsible for developing and qualifying high-rate manufacturing processes for propulsion, avionics, and welded structures. Focus on design for manufacturability, precision tooling, and automation to maximize yield and reduce takt times, while collaborating with design engineers to influence vehicle architecture and manufacturing improvements.
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, manufacturing, materials, mechanical engineering or related field
  • •1+ years of manufacturing and process design experience (internships/academic experience applicable)
Experience:1+ yearsAerospaceManufacturing
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:SQLDesign for manufacturingAutomationQualityTestingInspectionTooling
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLAutomationWeldingInspectionTooling

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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