Mechanical Design Engineer (starfall)
SpaceX- Location
- Hawthorne, California
- Work mode
- Remote
- Type
- full time
- Listed
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[ About this role ]
Mechanical Design Engineer for the Starfall team at SpaceX. This role involves designing structures, fluid systems, and components for a re-entry capsule, requiring ownership through the product lifecycle and interaction with senior leadership. Responsibilities include using hand calculations, FEA, and CAD, leading design reviews, and managing hardware delivery timelines.
Skills and focus areas
- mechanical design
- structures
- fluid systems
- component design
- hand calculations
- finite element analysis (fea)
- computer-aided design (cad)
- hardware qualification
- supplier interface
- customer interface
- production interface
- launch interface
Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on SpaceX’s careers page.
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