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Production Operations Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX· Ship Integration Engineering
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Role responsible for leading functional checkouts and hazardous testing of Starship/Super Heavy vehicles to validate propellant, electrical, and integrated systems; develop first-article procedures, perform pressurized and sensor checkouts, troubleshoot in real-time, and improve testing efficiency and vehicle readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Directly support functional checkouts of Starship/Superheavy vehicles
  • Establish test criteria and pass/fail requirements for integrated vehicle checkouts
  • Work improvements to testing efficiency and safety of vehicle testing
  • Lead hazardous testing operations to validate vehicle build and ensure propellant and electrical systems are built per design intent
  • Perform pressurized checkouts as well as electrical/sensor checkouts via control console
  • Develop procedures and processes for ‘first-article’ validation
  • Troubleshoot hardware issues real-time, and drive feedback to correct owners to eliminate repeat issues
  • Interface with both engineering and technicians in the field
  • Develop deep understanding of vehicle construction and avionics/propulsion architecture

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • 2+ years of project and/or professional experience with fluid systems

Skills

Required:Functional checkoutsTest criteria developmentTroubleshooting (hardware)
Nice to have:First-article validationElectrical & fluid schematicsSystems engineering

Benefits

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Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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