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SpaceX · 3 hours ago

Thermal Engineer, Thermal & Fluid Analysis (Starship)

Texas, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

1+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to enable human life on Mars. As a Thermal Engineer on the Starship Thermal & Fluids analysis team, you will be responsible for the thermal design, test, and validation of vehicles and hardware to improve performance and reliability for a reusable transportation system.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own thermal design of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and hardware, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests, flight, and orbital data

Automate workflow above to reduce engineering investment in per-mission analysis

Pursue performance/robustness improvements

Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX

Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency

Review peer work

Qualification

Thermal designFluid analysisEngineering simulation softwareThermal DesktopANSYS WorkbenchScripting languagesMeet deadlinesCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

1+ years of experience using engineering simulation software such as MATLAB (student project team and internship experience qualifies)

Must be available to work extended 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