Sr. Materials Engineer, Metals (Starship)
Core
Developing new materials, processes, and solving complex challenges for high-performance flight hardware and rocket production lines.
Role type
Senior IC materials engineer (metals)
Builds
High-performance flight hardware, high-volume rocket production line, launch system
Domain
Aerospace, advanced metals
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, design allowables development, 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, 10+ years experience, quick thinking and tangible problem-solving, fostering high accountability, 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, perform root cause investigations, develop reliability improvements, work with engineers on flight hardware utilization, collaborate on complex material/processing challenges
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC