SpaceX-posted 2 months ago
$95,000 - $130,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Hawthorne, CA
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

This role as a responsible engineer (RE) focuses on the development of turbomachinery for Starship's fluid systems, with the goal of creating high-performance and highly manufacturable interplanetary vehicles. The position involves designing, analyzing, and building advanced turbopumps that manage pressurization for Starship throughout all phases of travel to the Moon and Mars, including in-space propellant transfer. This is a unique opportunity to expand the frontiers of turbomachinery knowledge and manage cryogenic fluids in space.

  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of turbomachinery and manufacturing engineers, driving the rapid development and execution of designs for Starship's propulsion system turbomachinery
  • Design, build and test turbopumps for Starship, the most advanced orbital vehicle propulsion system ever designed
  • Develop and train teammates to support empowered product ownership utilizing risk-conscious decision-making skills under pressure
  • Own turbomachinery product families - every engineer at SpaceX assumes profound responsibility for their hardware
  • Interface with our world-class production team to ensure that your team's designs are successfully translated into the fleet of rockets that is revolutionizing access to space
  • Maintain a positive and constructive attitude in the face of technical and non-technical challenges
  • Work collaboratively with commercial and governmental customers to ensure 100% mission success
  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 2+ years of professional experience in a turbomachinery design and analysis role (structural and/or fluid)
  • Professional experience with 3D CAD modeling, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), manufacturing process, and machine setup
  • Master's degree in an engineering discipline
  • Experience in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to enthusiastically accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
  • Management experience leading a technical team, cooperating with cross-functional groups to accomplish outstanding results
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities through cross-functional teamwork on challenging problems
  • Understanding of engineering fundamentals and the ability to perform basic analysis
  • Strong desire to mentor and grow employees
  • Deep understanding of thermodynamics, compressible and incompressible flow, thermochemistry mechanics, structural design in demanding environments, and/or materials
  • Professional experience using Siemens NX (Unigraphics), ANSYS or Fluent
  • Pay range: Responsible Engineer/Level I: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00/per year
  • Responsible Engineer/Level II: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00/per year
  • Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
  • Potential discretionary bonuses
  • Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Various other discounts and perks
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy
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