Welding Engineer (Starship)

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SpaceX Welding Engineer on the Starship team develops and qualifies manufacturing processes for propulsion, avionics, and welded structural assemblies. The role focuses on design for manufacturing, poka-yoke systems, yield improvement, and automation to minimize takt and cycle times.

Responsibilities

Develop and perform acceptance testing of manufacturing processes, techniques, and tools to enable efficient and high-rate manufacturing
Design and implement precision tooling to eliminate assembly error, improve quality, and minimize cycle time
Automate novel processes to ensure repeatability on high-rate manufacturing lines
Work closely with design engineering teams to influence flight design and vehicle architecture with design for manufacturing improvements
Develop and/or automate in-situ inspection techniques to increase yield and decrease cycle time
Manage transition of parts and assemblies from development to high-rate production
Challenge and simplify requirements to optimize processes and reduce overhead

Qualification

Prior experience with developingADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Required

Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
1+ years of manufacturing and process design experience (internship and academic experience is applicable)

Preferred

Master's degree in an engineering discipline
Hands-on project experience with mixed value stream or high-rate manufacturing lines, focusing on maximizing yield and increasing rate
Proficiency in mechanical assembly methods, testing, failure mode effects analysis, and troubleshooting
Experience with integration and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical, and/or structural systems
Prior experience with developing, maintaining, and improving weld processes and weld inspection techniques, inclusive of automation
Experience using SQL or other data management structures to inform priorities and measure performance
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Flight hardware typically is built in tight quarters and physical dexterity is required

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SpaceX

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