SpaceX

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

SpaceX • $100K — $130K *
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in mechanical, chemical, aerospace engineering, or a related field
  • 5+ years of hands-on build or design experience

Responsibilities

  • Analyze, design, and build fluid systems for rocket launches and testing
  • Own projects from design reviews to construction coordination
  • Employ interdisciplinary engineering skills for system design and analysis
  • Collaborate with technicians to address real-time design issues
  • Maintain communication with teams to adapt plans on tight timelines
  • Activate and troubleshoot equipment to meet design goals
  • Tackle daily field projects to ensure rocket launch readiness

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on groundbreaking rocket technology
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation
  • Hands-on experience in a high-stakes aerospace environment
  • Flexibility to tackle emerging challenges and rapidly evolving projects
  • Exposure to advanced engineering practices and technologies in the field of aerospace
Full Job Description
SR. LAUNCH ENGINEER, STAGE 0 PROPELLANT GENERATION (STARSHIP)

The Starship launch team is looking for a highly motivated individual to support launch pad fluid systems design and build with a focus on the implementation of cryogenic propellant processing and generation systems for all Starship launch sites, landing sites, test sites, production facilities, etc. Join the team responsible for launching the largest and most powerful rocket known to man!

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • 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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of hands-on build or design experience

PREFERRED SKILLS AND 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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • 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 REQUIREMENTS:
  • 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. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
Learn more about SpaceX
Size
8,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
2002
* Ladders Estimates

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