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Mechanical Engineer, Starship Launch Hardware

SpaceX
Location
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Work mode
On-site
Type
full time
Listed

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[ About this role ]

Mechanical Engineer for Starship Launch Hardware at SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This role involves designing, analyzing, building, and activating production tools, launch pads, and recovery systems for Starship. Responsibilities include end-to-end project ownership, coordinating builds and testing, and presenting cost/schedule trade proposals.

Skills and focus areas

  • mechanical design
  • structural analysis
  • mechanisms
  • design software (nx, catia, creo, solidworks)
  • analysis software (ansys, abaqus, femap)
  • project ownership
  • testing
  • activation
  • launch operations
  • cost analysis
  • schedule analysis
  • gd&t

Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on SpaceX’s careers page.

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