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Sr. Thermal Engineer, Thermal & Fluid Analysis (Starship)

SpaceX· Starship Analysis
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Hawthorne, CA$130k - $180kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Thermal Engineer responsible for the thermal design, test, and validation of SpaceX Starship vehicles and hardware, with focus on performance improvements, robustness, and streamlined analysis workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Own thermal design of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and hardware, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests, flight, and orbital data.
  • Automate workflow above to reduce engineering investment in per-mission analysis.
  • Pursue performance/robustness improvements.
  • Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX.
  • Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of professional experience using engineering simulation software such as MATLAB.

Skills

Required:Thermal/fluid analysis

Benefits

  • long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
  • potential discretionary bonuses
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • vacation and holidays
  • paid sick leave policies
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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