Mechanical Engineer, Tower/Launch and Test

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled TradesExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving","Written communication","Oral communication"]

Mechanical engineer focused on hardware development for SpaceX Starship tower and launch mount. You’ll design and analyze large structures, actuation and fluid systems, and work with software/ops teams to ensure robust, fault-tolerant systems ready for high-elevation, high-wind launch environments. The role involves cross-cilo collaboration with Starship and Super Heavy teams to optimize integration and refurbishment cycles in a fast-iterating program.

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5 months ago

Mechanical Engineer, Tower/Launch and Test

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Job Summary

Mechanical engineer focused on hardware development for SpaceX Starship tower and launch mount. You’ll design and analyze large structures, actuation and fluid systems, and work with software/ops teams to ensure robust, fault-tolerant systems ready for high-elevation, high-wind launch environments. The role involves cross-cilo collaboration with Starship and Super Heavy teams to optimize integration and refurbishment cycles in a fast-iterating program.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive hardware development for systems within the Starship tower and launch mount from basic architecture through design, analysis, scheduling, manufacturing, activation, and operational phases
  • •Own design and manufacturing of mechanisms, actuation systems, fluid systems, and large structures
  • •Perform structural, dynamic, thermal, and fluids analysis as necessary to determine requirements and to optimize the design of these systems
  • •Work closely with software and operation engineers to develop the concept of operations for launch mount systems with the goal of developing robust, fault tolerant systems and software that perform every time in the varying extreme conditions of a launch environment
  • •Collaborate with engineers designing the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles to determine how the tower, launch mount, and vehicle can work together most effectively

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • •1+ years of experience with CAD and FEA software packages
  • •1+ years of experience with mechanical or fluid systems design, analysis, and hands-on assembly (internship or project team experience qualify)
  • •Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
  • •3+ years of professional experience in mechanical design and analysis
Experience:1+ yearsAerospaceSpace
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingWritten communicationOral communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CADFEAGD&THydraulicCryogenic

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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