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Mechanical Engineer, Tower/Launch and Test

SpaceX· Launch Mechanisms and Structures Engineering
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Starbase, TXFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Mechanical engineer role supporting Starship Tower, Launch Mount, and test stands with end-to-end hardware development for large-scale launch infrastructure and propellant handling, enabling rapid vehicle reflights and safe operations on the Starship program.

Responsibilities

  • Drive hardware development for systems within the Starship tower, launch mount and test stands from basic architecture through design, analysis, scheduling, manufacturing, activation, and operational phases
  • Own design and manufacturing of mechanisms, actuation systems, fluid systems, and large structures
  • Perform structural, dynamic, thermal, and fluids analysis as necessary to determine requirements and to optimize the design of these systems
  • Work closely with software and operation engineers to develop the concept of operations for launch mount systems with the goal of developing robust, fault tolerant systems and software that perform every time in the varying extreme conditions of a launch environment
  • Collaborate with engineers designing the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles to determine how the tower, launch mount, and vehicle can work together most effectively

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience with CAD and FEA software packages
  • 1+ years of experience with mechanical or fluid systems design, analysis, and hands-on assembly (internship or project team experience qualify)

Skills

Required:CADFEAMechanical designFluid systems design
Nice to have:GD&T

Benefits

  • ITAR compliance and equal opportunity employer policies (as part of standard SpaceX benefits and compliance framework)
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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