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Launch Engineer, Ground Support Equipment (Falcon)

SpaceX· Falcon Integration West
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Vandenberg AFB, CA$100k - $130kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Ground system engineering role focused on designing, building, and activating fluid and mechanical ground support equipment for Falcon 9 processing and integration at Vandenberg, from dockside to launch.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and activate equipment to support all aspects of launch site vehicle processing and launch, including structural, tooling/fixtures, fluids, and transport equipment
  • Support Stage 1, Stage 2, Fairing, and launch site payload operations from Dockside to Launch, focusing on vehicle interface tooling for structural and fluid connections
  • Support every flight inspection and refurbishment operations for all pad umbilicals
  • Use hand calculations, finite element analyses (FEA), and CAD to ensure hardware meets internal and customer requirements
  • Lead design reviews and activation testing
  • Serve as a technical interface to customers and suppliers
  • Monitor and participate in ground system build and test, hands-on in the field with technician teams
  • Collaborate with engineers and technicians on critical operations of non-flight hardware including mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
  • Perform continuing engineering and production support of ground support equipment to maintain 99%+ uptime for flight hardware integration activities

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of hands-on hardware experience performing fabrication, assembly and/or testing

Skills

Required:CommunicationAutonomous fast-paced work
Nice to have:NX/TeamcenterCAD and FEA softwarecommercial FEA or multiphysics softwareFluid systems design/troubleshootingMechanical design standardsAnalytical/scientific programmingGeneral hands-on mechanical experience

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • paid sick leave policy as per company requirements
  • stock or long-term cash incentives, discretionary bonuses, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • discounts and perks
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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