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Mechanical Engineer, Operations (Starship)

SpaceX· Booster Structures Engineering
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Mechanical engineer role focused on designing, analyzing, and building hardware for Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, with opportunities across design, analysis, testing, manufacturing, tooling, and related disciplines within a fast-paced, high-stakes aerospace program.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and development of next generation launch vehicles, launch pad and production lines
  • Transform system requirements into hardware concepts and trade implementation and architecture options
  • Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs
  • Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with all Starship systems and supports necessary mission operations
  • Participate in design reviews internally and with suppliers and customers
  • Partner with engineering and production teams to generate ideas, designs, and improvements for current and next-generation vehicles
  • Own large business outcomes

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
  • 1+ years of mechanical or fluids design, analysis, or build experience (internship and school projects experience qualify)

Skills

Required:Design and analysisFEM / FEAManufacturing process iterationSystem-level integration
Nice to have:Trade studiesData-driven decision making
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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