Senior Mechanical Engineer

4 weeks ago

Brownsville, Texas, United States SpaceX Full time
Join SpaceX's Crew Starship Team as a Senior Mechanical Engineer

At SpaceX, we're pushing the boundaries of space exploration and development. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer on our Crew Starship team, you'll play a critical role in designing and building spacecraft systems that will take humans to the moon, Mars, and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop next-generation structures, mechanisms, and interior systems for Crew Starship vehicles
  • Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs
  • Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with Starship systems and supports necessary mission operations
  • Lead design reviews internally and externally with suppliers and customers (e.g., NASA)
  • Negotiate complex trade studies to optimize for cost, schedule, safety, and performance, among other considerations
  • Be responsible for project delivery timeline from early design through production, launch, and recovery
  • Exemplify technical excellence and be accountable for your work
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of experience with mechanical design and analysis (internship experience qualifies)
Preferred Skills and Experience:
  • Leadership experience on an engineering or project team
  • Strong ability to use data and analysis to make fast data-driven decisions
  • Experience with structures, mechanisms, or interior design in aerospace or aviation industries
  • Ability to perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals to make clear recommendations even with partial information
  • Experienced in NX
  • Solid understanding and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Demonstrated understanding of structural analysis and failure modes of complex mechanical systems
  • Technical knowledge of human spacecraft systems and operations
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to succinctly present recommendations to other engineers, stakeholders, management, and executive staff
  • Experience at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
Additional Requirements:
  • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
  • Ability to travel to remote sites in Texas and Florida
  • Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
Compensation and Benefits:

Pay range: $125,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.

You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation & will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.

ITAR Requirements:

  • 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.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX's Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department

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