Principal Mechanical Engineer (Starship)
Core
Designing and building flight hardware for the Starship vehicle, including propellant tanks, integration interfaces, and primary structures.
Role type
Principal Mechanical Engineer (Aerospace/Propulsion)
Builds
Flight hardware for the Starship vehicle
Domain
Aerospace / Propulsion
Required skills
Mechanical design and analysis, CAD modeling (NX), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), structural testing, material selection, manufacturing methods, analytical programming (Python/Matlab/Excel)
Preferred skills
High-performance mechanical systems design, interdisciplinary collaboration, qualification testing execution, mechanical first principles, multiphysics simulation
Technologies
NX, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS
Responsibilities
Develop design concepts from a clean sheet and size vehicle structures based on flight loads; Create detailed designs to implement structural concepts and generate CAD models; Build finite element models to assess designs and analyze structures; Validate designs by building development articles and performing structural testing; Partner with build engineers to improve designs; Support hardware assembly in the factory.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC