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Fluids Engineer, Launch Hardware Engineering

SpaceX· Starship Launch Hardware Engineering - Cape
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Cape Canaveral, FLFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Fluid systems design, analysis, and field deployment to support SpaceX launch pads, landing facilities, test sites, and production facilities, with emphasis on cryogenic/high-pressure fluid systems and cross-discipline collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and activate cryogenic, high pressure, oxygen-clean, hydraulic, or other fluid systems to support the launch and processing of Starship and Superheavy Booster
  • Utilize knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid flow, and control theory to design and analyze launch and production fluids systems
  • Model piping assemblies using CAD software and perform piping stress analysis
  • Read and develop detailed piping and instrumentation diagrams of complex fluids systems
  • Select components, such as valves, pumps, piping, tanks, and filters, and provide detailed specifications for their purchase
  • Coordinate with engineers from other disciplines (civil, structural, electrical, controls, etc) to establish a complete system design
  • Manage the fabrication and installation of fluid systems and other construction projects occurring at the launch and test sites, hands-on in the field, alongside skilled technician teams
  • Perform planning, analysis, and troubleshooting of system performance during real-time activation operations and post-test data reviews
  • Work closely with operations teams to ensure system design is well-understood and easy to operate long term
  • Provide innovative solutions to problems under minimal supervision or direction

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience with fluid systems or process engineering

Skills

Required:Cryogenic fluid systemsPiping design and stress analysisPiping and instrumentation diagramsControl theory applied to fluid systems
Nice to have:CAD software (e.g., Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS)Pipe stress analysis tools (e.g., CAESAR II)Programming for data analysis (Python)Instrumentation selection in severe serviceRoot-Cause Analysis and Risk MitigationLeadership of technicians during fabrication/commissioning
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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