Mechanical Engineer, Machine Design (Starship)

Starbase, TXfull time

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SpaceX Mechanical Engineer, Machine Design responsible for designing, building, and activating custom machinery and infrastructure for Starship production. This role involves collaboration with vehicle engineers and performing structural sizing, mechanism design, and testing.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and activate custom machinery and infrastructure to enable the production and handling of Starship launch vehicles
Develop the Starfactory and Gigafactory of the future to enable rapid build, test, and operation of our transport architectures
Collaborate with vehicle engineers to influence vehicle design and manufacturing processes to maximize production rate
Use your technical knowledge to execute on structural sizing, mechanism design, hardware fabrication, and activation testing to deliver results on projects
Create detailed models and engineering prints in NX
Perform engineering hand calculations and analysis to size structures and mechanisms.
Create manufacturing planning for scope performed by internal welding and toolmaking teams.
Support machine activation with controls engineering team and perform development testing with production engineering team.

Qualification

Experience with finite element analysis

Required

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
Experience using a CAD software design package (e.g. Solidworks, NX, CATIA, or ProE)
1+ years of total experience in one or more of the following: involvement with an outside of the classroom project designing and building mechanical structures; academic research on mechanical structures; professional experience designing and analyzing mechanical structures

Preferred

Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Ability to work in a collaborative team environment, including daily interactions with engineers, technicians, suppliers, and leadership
Experience working in a production facility with equipment and machinery
Experience managing large CAD assembly models and drawings
Experience with finite element analysis
Experience designing and fabricating mass efficient welded structures
Experience designing and testing mechanisms
Strong understanding and application of GD&T

Company

SpaceX

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