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Software Engineer (Thermal & Fluid Analysis)

SpaceX· Starship Analysis
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Starbase, TXPosted 5mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer role focused on developing tools and workflows for thermal and fluid analysis to support Starship design, testing, and operations. Involves building infrastructure, automating analysis, and collaborating with engineers to improve reliability and performance of spacecraft systems. Requires strong software development skills with interest in simulation, thermal design, and fluid systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design software and workflows that improve mission critical analysis throughput
  • Build infrastructure to support thermal and fluid systems analysis
  • Automate analysis workflows to speed up mission and design iteration
  • Support simulation and validation with test and flight data
  • Collaborate with engineers to improve reliability and performance of spacecraft systems
  • Write clean, scalable code and maintain strong documentation

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related field
  • 1+ years of experience coding in Python, JavaScript, and/or Rust (including internship or academic experience)

Skills

Required:PythonData processing
Nice to have:JavaScriptRustMATLABC/C++GitThermal DesktopANSYS WorkbenchSiemens STAR-CCM+
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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