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New Graduate Engineer, Starship Components

SpaceX· Starship Components Design
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $130kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

New graduate engineer role supporting Starship Components hardware across manufacturing, design, testing, and machining with focus on delivering high-performance propulsion/structural components in extreme environments. Roles initially specialized but require cross-discipline ownership to ensure mission success.

Responsibilities

  • Manufacturing: Partner with production and design to accelerate to a weekly Starship delivery rate, improve designs for assembly/testing, implement linear production flow, design tooling, develop welds, maintain work instructions, train others, and cut in targeted automation.
  • Design: Assemble design criteria, select architecture, size components for proper force margin, perform structural analysis, generate detailed part drawings, perform qualification testing, present design reviews, monitor hardware performance in vehicle operations; pursue zero in-flight anomalies and drive root-cause investigations to prevent repeat failures.
  • Testing: Design, build, and validate automated test systems for rapid, repeatable proof of flight hardware; establish ground-failure-prevention infrastructure; operate high-energy equipment with strict safety; prove prototypes in R&D; define hardware limits in qualification tests to failure (vibration, thermal, life, climatic); write per-unit acceptance test plans under flight-like conditions (cryogenic temperatures, high voltage, high pressure).
  • Machining: Define manufacturing strategy for each part (casting, forging, machining); implement DFM feedback; perform CNC programming on lathes/mills; select cutting tools; validate machining processes; generate inspection plans; enable lights-out machining.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics
  • 1+ years of mechanical and/or fluids engineering experience via project teams, research, internships, and/or professional experience
  • Graduating in Fall/Winter of 2026 or Spring/Summer of 2027

Skills

Required:Engineering fundamentalsProject collaboration
Nice to have:Data analysisRoot-cause analysis

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • 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 as per policy
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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