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Rack Design Engineer (Starmind)

SpaceX· Starmind - Compute and Payloads
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Rack Design Engineer responsible for end-to-end design of high-density AI compute racks, including mechanical, electrical, thermal, and optical integration, from concept through production and deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Own mechanical, structural, and integration design of high-density AI compute racks and associated chassis, frames, busbars, manifolds, and cable/fiber raceways
  • Integrate compute, networking, power distribution, and liquid cooling into a buildable, serviceable, high-yield rack architecture
  • Design for the in-house manufacturing line: DFM/DFA, fixtures, work instructions, incoming inspection, first article, and production ramp
  • Close thermal, structural, and power constraints with cooling, electrical, optical, and network counterparts at the cluster level (CDUs, cold plates, quick disconnects, PDUs/busbars, high-current distribution, tray and bend-radius limits)
  • Drive vendor and in-house parts from concept to qualified production, including sheet metal, extrusions, busbar, manifolds, cable management, and rack accessories
  • Stand on the floor during prototype and production builds: debug fit, leak, cable dress, airflow/liquid balance, and service time; fold issues into the next revision the same day
  • Produce and maintain CAD, BOMs, drawings, and build documentation that a line can run at volume
  • Support cluster deployment of the racks you design, including first-site bring-up and feedback into the next hardware generation
  • Partner with network, optical, electrical, and firmware teams to deploy custom compute for inference and training across SpaceX programs

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or another engineering discipline
  • 2+ years of professional experience designing electromechanical hardware that was built and shipped (internship and project experience counts toward this if the hardware was physically produced)

Skills

Required:Mechanical design of high-density racks and assembliesThermal, structural, and power constraint analysisCAD proficiency (SolidWorks, Creo, or NX)
Nice to have:Manufacturing and production ramp experienceRack electrical integration and power distributionLiquid cooling system designNPI to in-house manufacturingCFD/FEA analysisOn-floor hardware debugging
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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