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Environmental & Thermal Control Engineer (Dragon)

SpaceX· Dragon Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $130kfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Environmental & Thermal Control Engineer for Dragon program focused on owning propulsion and environmental/thermal sub-systems through manufacturing, enabling Dragon production rate while ensuring safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Own piece parts and assembled propulsion and/or environmental and thermal sub-systems throughout the manufacturing process with a focus on delivery to meet Dragon rate and USDV delivery timelines while maintaining safety and part quality
  • Develop and qualify new processes to take products from design to production
  • Resolve manufacturing discrepancies for all owned parts and processes by collaborating with the design engineering, production, and quality teams
  • Support day-to-day production of assemblies, high-pressure testing, and integration of hardware
  • Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, and layout upgrades to the meet volume production demand
  • Find and eliminate process waste, streamline production processes, and enable continuous improvement

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics
  • 1+ years of hands-on experience driving the design, building, testing, manufacturing, or development of mechanical components or systems

Skills

Required:Engineering fundamentals
Nice to have:Design for manufacturability and assemblyWelding, machining, and coating processPressure and leak testingCapacity modeling and process mappingRoot cause analysis and corrective actionPFMEACAD and GD&T

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
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • discretionary bonuses and potential stock/perks via Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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