Sr. Mechanical Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled TradesExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["NX","CAD","FEA","Python","MATLAB","Excel"]

Senior mechanical design engineer for SpaceX Starship hardware, responsible for designing flight structures, propellant tanks, and subassemblies; lead end-to-end design processes, perform FEA, develop manufacturability considerations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance systems that fly.

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4 months ago

Sr. Mechanical Engineer (Starship)

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Job Summary

Senior mechanical design engineer for SpaceX Starship hardware, responsible for designing flight structures, propellant tanks, and subassemblies; lead end-to-end design processes, perform FEA, develop manufacturability considerations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance systems that fly.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop design concepts from a clean sheet and size vehicle structures based on flight loads.
  • •Collaborate with peers from different vehicle systems to balance mass, cost, and capability.
  • •Create detailed designs to implement structural concepts and generate CAD models in NX for components, assemblies, and vehicle integration.
  • •Build finite element models to assess designs and prove they meet vehicle requirements.
  • •Validate designs by building development articles to test joints and design elements for strength.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
  • •5+ years of experience with mechanical design and analysis.
  • •Experience with FEA or multiphysics simulation packages (e.g. NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS).
  • •Analytical/scientific programming experience (e.g. Python, MATLAB, Excel).
  • •Experience designing, analyzing, building, and testing high-performance mechanical systems.
Experience:5+ yearsAerospaceSpaceMechanical design
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:NXCADFEAPythonMATLABExcel
Languages:English
Tech Stack:NXCADFEANASTRANABAQUSANSYSPythonMATLAB

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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