Principal Mechanical Engineer – Starship

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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SpaceX

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2002

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

🚀 Aerospace

Defense • Manufacturing • Aerospace

SpaceX is an aerospace company dedicated to advancing human spaceflight with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. The company develops and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, and the ambitious Starship. SpaceX also facilitates rideshare missions, provides satellite internet service through Starlink, and focuses on a broad range of space-related technologies and services. It consistently conducts various space missions, supporting satellite launches and human space exploration.

📋 Description

• 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 and generate CAD models in NX for components, assemblies, and vehicle integration • Build finite element models and analyze structures to verify vehicle requirements • Apply first-order hand calculations and empirical formulas to assess and iterate designs • Build development articles to test individual joints and design elements for strength • Perform structural testing on subassemblies and full airframe sections • Partner with build engineers and technicians to improve designs • Support factory assembly of hardware and observe designs through production and flight

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline • 7+ years of experience with mechanical design and analysis • Experience designing, analyzing, building, and testing high performance, mechanical systems • Experience working within interdisciplinary teams to develop solutions to challenging and complex problems • Experience with FEA or multiphysics simulation package (e.g. NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS) • Experience designing and executing qualification testing • Strong understanding of mechanical first principles and structural analysis methodologies • Proficiency in selecting materials and manufacturing methods for mechanical components • Analytical/scientific programming experience (i.e. Python, Matlab, Excel) • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary • Candidate must be capable of safely working at heights (up to 500ft), in confined spaces, using an air purifying respirator, and performing the physical requirements of the job • Candidate may be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire and/or physical to confirm these capabilities • Must satisfy ITAR requirements: U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer • Reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process for applicants requiring it