New Graduate Engineer, Starship Components

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manufacturing
• Partner with production and design to accelerate to a weekly Starship delivery rate, striving for high yield and automotive-level costs. Improve designs for assembly/testing, implement linear production flow, design tooling, develop welds, maintain work instructions, train others, and cut in targeted automation.
• Design
• Assemble design criteria, select an architecture, size the component for proper force margin, perform structural analysis, generate detailed part drawings, perform qualification testing, present design reviews, and monitor hardware performance in vehicle operations.
• Target zero in-flight anomalies of your hardware and reduce component-caused delays in production and launch. Spearhead component root-cause investigations in the factory and on the vehicle, and implement fixes to prevent repeat failures.
• Testing
• Prove out prototypes in R&D, define hardware capabilities in qualification tests to failure (vibration, thermal, life, climactic), and develop per-unit acceptance test plans under flight-like conditions (cryogenic temperatures, high voltage/pressure).
• Develop automated test systems to validate flight hardware rapidly and reliably and introduce state-of -the-art infrastructure to coax out failures on the ground. Be rigorous in the safe operation of highly energetic equipment.
• Machining
• For individual parts, define the manufacturing strategy (casting, forging, machining), implement DFM feedback, perform CNC programming on lathes/mills, select cutting tools, prove out the machining process, generate an inspection plan, and enable lights-out machining.
• BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
• 1+ years of mechanical and/or fluids engineering experience via project teams, research, internships, and/or professional experience.
• Graduating in Fall/Winter of 2026 or Spring/Summer of 2027.
• PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
• Hands-on experience from industry or collegiate vehicle/robotics competitions in fluid systems, high-voltage systems, electronics, or instrumentation (e.g., pressure transducers, thermocouples, solenoid valves, accelerometers, etc.).
• Strong foundation in solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, electrical circuits, manufacturing processes, dynamics and controls, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.