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Integration Engineer, Heatshield (Starship)

SpaceX· Thermal Hardware Engineering
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Starbase, TXFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Mechanical engineer role focused on development, integration, and optimization of Starship's thermal protection system (TPS) heatshield, spanning concept through flight qualification and post-flight data-driven improvements at Starbase, TX.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, and qualify new or refined thermal protection system solutions for our Starship architecture
  • Own the outcome and set up the end-to-end solutions to thermal challenges from idea to flying hardware
  • Work with production on resolving issues on the floor and on the vehicle with our flight hardware
  • Analyze and troubleshoot post-flight conditions on vehicle heatshields to drive vehicle changes and improvements
  • Coordinate with analysis, avionics, structures, supply chain, and reliability engineers to drive multidisciplinary projects
  • Work with outside vendors, suppliers, and testing resources to bring in new materials, capabilities, or processes

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in material science, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, or aerospace engineering
  • 1+ years of engineering experience designing, analyzing, or building mechanical or thermal systems (internship and school projects experience qualify)

Skills

Required:Thermal protection system (TPS) developmentMechanical design and analysis
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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