Launch Engineer, Ground Support Equipment (Falcon)
Vandenberg, CAfull time
On Site
entry
$100k–$130k
H1B: no
SpaceX Launch Engineer, Ground Support Equipment at SpaceX designs, builds, and activates equipment supporting Falcon 9 vehicle processing and launch. Responsible for structural, tooling, fluids, and transport equipment design and testing.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and activate equipment to support all aspects of launch site vehicle processing and launch, including structural, tooling/fixtures, fluids, and transport equipment
This team supports Stage 1, Stage 2, Fairing, launch site payload operations, from Dockside to Launch, with a focus on vehicle interface tooling for structural and fluid connections
This team also supports every flight inspection, refurbishment operations for all the umbilicals for pad operations
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 activation testing
Serve as a technical interface to customers and suppliers
Monitor and participate in ground system build and test, hands-on in the field, alongside skilled technician teams
Collaborate with engineers and technicians when performing critical operations on non-flight hardware including mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
Perform continuing engineering and production support of ground support equipment to support a 99%+ uptime to support flight hardware integration activities
Qualification
Hands-on experience working withDemonstrated expertise in the designFluids -ASME B31
Required
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
1+ years of hands-on hardware experience performing fabrication, assembly and/or testing
Preferred
Experience with NX/Teamcenter designing parts and assemblies
Experience with CAD and FEA software packages (can be in a professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby setting)
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.)
