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New Graduate Engineer, Mechanical (Cape Canaveral)

SpaceX· Launch
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Cape Canaveral, FLfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Graduate mechanical engineer role at SpaceX Cape Canaveral focusing on high performance flight hardware, high-volume rocket production, and Starship-related capabilities with emphasis on rapid iteration, manufacturability, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Expect a dynamic role doing what you’re best at. Our team is building high performance flight hardware, high-volume rocket production lines, and a launch system that can rapidly and reliably launch and land our rockets. Whatever your skill set, you’ll be aligned to the part of the program you’re most effectively able to contribute to
  • Rapidly iterate manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment
  • Execute design for manufacturability changes to enhance production efficiency
  • Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs
  • Assist with and lead hands-on assembly, integration, and testing of new and flight-proven vehicle assemblies
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with all vehicle systems and supports necessary mission operations
  • Own large business outcomes and experience a rate of personal and professional growth that is unmatched literally anywhere else

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
  • 1+ years of mechanical and/or fluids engineering experience via project team, research, internships, and/or professional experience
  • Graduating in the fall of 2025, spring of 2026, or summer of 2026

Skills

Required:Engineering fundamentals
Nice to have:Data-driven decision makingTrade studies / first principles analysisHands-on manufacturing / assembly
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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