Mechanical Engineer (Starship Structures)
Core
Designing and building flight hardware including primary structures, propellant tanks, integration interfaces, and structural subassemblies for the Starship vehicle.
Role type
Senior IC mechanical engineer (aerospace structures)
Builds
Flight-ready structural components and subassemblies for the Starship rocket
Domain
Aerospace engineering / Rocketry
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (hardware manufacturing)
Required skills
Sheet metal design, subassembly design, finite element analysis (FEA), CAD modeling (NX), structural testing, hand calculations, design for manufacturability
Preferred skills
Trade studies, first principles thinking, hardware building experience, engineering competition experience (Formula SAE, Baja SAE, etc.), rapid prototyping, resilience under constraints
Technologies
NX, FEA tools
Responsibilities
Develop design concepts from clean sheet based on flight loads, create detailed designs and generate CAD models, build finite element models to assess designs, validate designs by building development articles, perform structural testing on subassemblies, partner with build engineers to improve designs, support hardware assembly in the factory
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC