Sr. Design Criteria Engineer (Starship)

SR. DESIGN CRITERIA ENGINEER (STARSHIP DESIGN CRITERIA)

The design criteria team is responsible for ensuring that hardware and concepts-of-operations lead to successful completion of mission and meet or exceed requirements. We perform an industry-unique, agile system engineering role, facilitating cross-disciplinary action and problem solving across all SpaceX programs and engineering staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive improvements to vehicle design by being closely integrated with hardware teams.
• Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews; confirm acceptance and qualification test campaigns.
• Drive development of tools and methods to ensure accurate and well-disseminated design criteria.
• Ensure a cohesive evolution of designs and operations across the different technical teams: Avionics, Propulsion, Structures, Launch, Manufacturing, Analysis, and Test.
• Work with a team to perform rapid conceptual design, analysis, and testing cycles on development hardware (may include CAD modeling and testing oversight as needed).

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of profession experience in an engineering role.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with electromechanical system design, analysis, testing, and fabrication for use in high-performance or safety critical applications.
• Hands-on experience with various industry standard manufacturing tools, techniques and processes, including mills, lathes, electronics assembly, composite layup, etc.
• Experience with material selection and make vs. buy decisions for system components.
• Experience with solid modeling and circuit board design software.
• Experience performing closed-form and numerical stress analysis, simulations of dynamic systems, and fluid systems analysis.
• Scripting and data analysis experience using Visual Basic, Matlab, Python, and Excel.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay range:

Design Criteria Engineer/Senior: $125,000.00 - $175,000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.