Materials Engineer, Metals (Starship)
Core
Developing new materials, processes, and solving problems for high-performance flight hardware and rocket production lines to enable human life on Mars.
Role type
Senior IC materials engineer (metals)
Builds
High-performance flight hardware, high-volume rocket production line, and launch system
Domain
Aerospace / Advanced Materials
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
metallics materials engineering, mechanical testing methods, failure analysis, fractography, metallographic analysis, aerospace metals knowledge (nickel-based alloys, stainless steels, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys), manufacturing environment experience
Preferred skills
Master's or PhD in materials science/engineering, quick thinking and tangible problem-solving, fostering high personal accountability, design allowables development, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) characterization
Technologies
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), metallographic analysis
Responsibilities
Own outcomes of critical materials to the program, oversee material scope from inception to flight, develop physical/mechanical/thermal properties for materials, perform root cause investigations using fractography and metallography, develop and implement reliability improvements in designs and manufacturing, work directly with engineers developing flight hardware, collaborate with engineers and technicians to solve complex material and processing challenges
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC