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Sr. Materials Engineer, Corrosion Control and Fluid Compatibility (Starmind)

SpaceX· Materials Engineering - Starlink Materials
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior Materials Engineer focused on corrosion control, chemical resistance, liquid coolants, and long-term material compatibility for the Starmind orbital compute platform. Owns material specifications, testing programs, and reliability analyses for coolant systems and wetted materials in a space environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own design criteria, selection, and reliability evaluations of materials used in liquid cooling systems
  • Define and perform laboratory testing evaluating relevant corrosion mechanisms and long-duration chemical compatibility
  • Define material and fluid performance requirements, specifications, validation approaches, and approval criteria
  • Evaluate and down-select supplier technologies and formulations against performance, quality, cost, timing, and compliance objectives
  • Drive material characterization and root cause analysis for failure resolution
  • Define and execute experimental design and reliability campaigns for materials used in thermal management systems

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in materials science, chemical engineering, corrosion engineering, or a STEM field
  • 5+ years of experience in chemical and fluids processing or thermal management systems
  • Hands-on experience with materials selection, testing, manufacturing processes, fluid compatibility and corrosion evaluations

Skills

Required:Corrosion resistance and material compatibility testingMaterials selection and testing
Nice to have:Thermal management systems
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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