Sr. Launch Engineer, Stage 0 Propellant Generation (Starship)

• ◆Analyze, design, and build systems that support critical rocket launches and testing
• ◆Cradle-to-grave project ownership through hosting design reviews, project decision justification, equipment procurement, and coordination and assistance of the construction of your ideas
• ◆Apply interdisciplinary engineering skills in fields of system-level process design and initial sizing, detailed pressurized fluid and thermal analysis, structural engineering, materials and component selection and cost/schedule optimization
• ◆Work directly with technicians and support groups to build your designs, and fix real-world problems on the fly
• ◆Maintain a tight feedback loop with operation and construction teams to rapidly alter plans as necessary to meet tight deadlines
• ◆Activate Commission and troubleshoot equipment to achieve design objectives and iterate system maintenance strategies to reduce future downtime
• ◆Apply a hands-on approach to tackling daily field projects necessary to keep the company launching rockets
• ◆Provide innovative solutions to problems under minimal supervision or direction

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline
• ✓5+ years of hands-on build or design experience

• ✓Experience with quick-thinking and problem solving in time-critical situations
• ✓Collaborative team player, enthusiastic, self-motivated, with a positive can-do attitude
• ✓Acute attention to detail, ability to see interactions with other systems to avoid problems
• ✓Creative and passionate approach to addressing opportunities and challenges while balancing cost and schedule
• ✓Strong fundamental intuition of fluid and/or structural/mechanical systems
• ✓Creativity to imagine and design for reliability, efficiency, and maintainability from scratch
• ✓General hands-on experience; automotive, machining, welding, and other fabrication techniques is a plus
• ✓Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, take initiative, and communicate effectively
• ✓Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while maintaining a high sense of urgency in a high-paced, challenging work environment
• ✓Ability to verify designs with simplified hand calculations; experience in finite element analysis or computational fluid dynamics is a plus
• ✓3+ years of mechanical, fluids, or thermal design experience in an industrial setting or equivalent
• ✓Experience with instrumentation, testing, data review and analysis, verification against an analytical model
• ✓Experience with high pressure and cryogenic fluid systems and components and operations
• ✓Experience producing drawings for fabrication
• ✓Intermediate skill level using CAD (NX a plus)
• ✓American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) piping and pressure vessel design experience

• ✓Ability to respond to emergencies to support priority projects, missions, and launches
• ✓Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
• ✓Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed; flexibility is required
• ✓Ability to work in extreme outdoor environments when needed – heat, cold, wind, rain, etc.
• ✓Ability to work in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise
• ✓Working conditions may be in tight quarters and physical dexterity is required
• ✓Ability to lift heavy objects up to 25 lbs. unassisted
• ✓Ability to work on ladders, lifts, and at elevated heights (up to 300 feet) with proper personal protective equipment (PPE)
• ✓Must be willing to travel to other SpaceX sites and vendors- up to 15%

ITAR

• ✓To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .

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