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SpaceX · 15 hours ago

Pressure Vessel Engineer (Falcon)

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$110K/yr - $130K/yr

1+ years exp

SpaceX is a company focused on developing technologies for space exploration, with the goal of enabling human life on Mars. The Pressure Vessel Engineer will be responsible for owning hardware through the product life cycle and will engage with senior leadership during critical design phases, ensuring that pressure vessels for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy meet all requirements.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Ownership of pressure vessels (Type III COPVs or Type 1 Pressure Vessel) for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles

Use hand calculations, finite element analyses (FEA), and computer-aided designs (CAD) to ensure all hardware meets or exceeds internal and customer requirements

Lead design reviews and hardware qualifications

Serve as technical interface with suppliers and customers

Own the hardware delivery timeline and success through inception, design, assembly, launch and re-use

Design and development of standard and novel pressure vessels

Qualification

CAD softwareFEA softwarePressure vessel designAnalytical programmingFluid systems analysisBachelor's degreeHands-on hardware experienceMaster's degreeTeam collaborationProblem solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

1+ years of experience with CAD or FEA software packages (can be in a professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby setting)

1+ years of hands-on hardware experience performing fabrication, assembly and/or testing (can be in a professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby setting)

Able to work longer hours and weekends to support critical needs

Willingness to travel in support of hardware test and launch

Preferred

2+ years experience designing, analyzing, building, testing and/or certifying pressure vessels for aerospace, automotive or industrial base applications

Master's degree in an engineering discipline

Experience with NX/Teamcenter designing parts and assemblies

Experience with at least one commercial FEA or multiphysics simulation package (NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, CFD codes, etc.)

Demonstrated ability to own hardware or systems within an integrated engineering team outside a classroom setting (FSAE, Engineers without Borders, Design-Build-Fly, NASA student launch, personal entrepreneurial ventures, etc.)

Analytical/scientific programming experience (Python, Matlab, Excel, etc.)

Familiarity with fluid systems and foundational fluid analysis (schematic creation, fluid system design from 1st principles of flow and heat transfer, fluid system operations development)