Mechanical Engineer, Launch Mount/Tower (Starship)
Core
Develop the Starship Tower, Launch Mount, and test stands from system architecture through design, analysis, manufacturing, integration, activation, and operations to support stage testing, vehicle stacking, propellant loading, T-0 release, catching both stages, and rapid safing for reflight.
Role type
Senior IC mechanical engineer (launch infrastructure)
Builds
Welded structures, large-scale mechanisms, electromechanical and fluid-power actuators, and hydraulic and cryogenic systems for launch pads
Domain
Aerospace / Heavy Mechanical Systems
Required skills
CAD, FEA, mechanical design, fluid systems design, structural analysis, dynamic analysis, thermal analysis, GD&T, manufacturing techniques, weldment analysis
Preferred skills
Master's degree in engineering, complex mechanical systems lead experience, failure mode analysis
Technologies
CAD, FEA
Responsibilities
Drive hardware development for systems within the Starship tower, launch mount and test stands from basic architecture through design, analysis, scheduling, manufacturing, activation, and operational phases; Own design and manufacturing of mechanisms, actuation systems, fluid systems, and large structures; Perform structural, dynamic, thermal, and fluid analysis as necessary to determine requirements and to optimize the design of these systems; Work closely with software and operations engineers to develop the concept of operations for launch mount systems with the goal of developing robust, fault-tolerant systems and software that perform every time in the varying extreme conditions of a launch environment; Collaborate with engineers designing the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles to determine how the tower, launch mount, and vehicle can work together most effectively
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC