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SpaceX · 21 hours ago

Design Criteria Engineer (Starship)

Texas, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The Design Criteria Engineer will ensure that hardware and operations meet mission requirements, driving improvements in vehicle design and facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration across engineering teams.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Drive improvements to vehicle design by being closely integrated with hardware teams

Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews; confirm acceptance and qualification test campaigns

Drive the development of tools and methods to ensure accurate and well-disseminated design criteria

Ensure a cohesive evolution of designs and operations across the different technical teams: avionics, propulsion, structures, launch, manufacturing, analysis, and test

Work with a team to perform rapid conceptual design, analysis, and testing cycles on development hardware (may include CAD modeling and testing oversight as needed)

Derive hardware capabilities enabling operational adaptability while staying within hardware limits

Qualification

Mechanical designAerospace structure systemsFinite element analysisSolid modeling (Siemens NX)Scripting PythonScripting MatlabData analysisFatigue testingVibration testingThermal testingMaterial selectionManufacturing tools

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

1+ years of experience with mechanical design, manufacturing, and/or analysis (internship experience qualifies)

Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Preferred

Experience with aerospace structure systems: design, analysis, testing, and fabrication for use in high-performance or safety critical applications

Experience with fatigue, vibration, and thermal testing of mechanical assemblies

Hands-on experience with various industry standard manufacturing tools, techniques and processes, including mills, lathes, electronics assembly, composite layup, etc

Experience with material selection and make vs. buy decisions for system components

Experience with solid modeling (Siemens NX) and finite element analysis software (FEMAP)

Experience performing closed-form and numerical stress analysis, simulations of dynamic systems, and fluid systems analysis

Scripting and data analysis experience using Visual Basic, Matlab, Python, and Excel