Principal Mechanical Engineer (starship)
SpaceX- Location
- Hawthorne, California
- Work mode
- On-site
- Type
- full time
- Listed
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[ About this role ]
SpaceX is seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer for their Starship program in Hawthorne, California. This role involves designing and building flight hardware such as propellant tanks and structural subassemblies. Responsibilities include developing design concepts, creating CAD models, performing finite element analysis, and validating designs through testing and collaboration with production teams.
Skills and focus areas
- mechanical engineering
- design for manufacturability
- sheet metal design
- subassembly design
- structural analysis
- finite element analysis (fea)
- cad modeling
- nx
- hand calculations
- structural testing
- collaboration
- problem-solving
Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on SpaceX’s careers page.
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