Production Operations Engineer (Starship)

The role

You will lead functional checkouts and hazardous testing of Starship/Super Heavy vehicles to validate propellant, electrical, and integrated systems. You will work with engineering and technician teams to improve testing efficiency, safety, and vehicle readiness.

What you will do

• Directly support functional checkouts of Starship/Superheavy vehicles
• Establish test criteria and pass/fail requirements for integrated vehicle checkouts
• Work improvements to testing efficiency and safety of vehicle testing
• Lead hazardous testing operations to validate vehicle build
• Perform pressurized checkouts as well as electrical/sensor checkouts via control console
• Develop procedures and processes for first-article validation
• Troubleshoot hardware issues real-time
• Interface with both engineering and technicians in the field
• Develop deep understanding of vehicle construction and avionics/propulsion architecture

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• 2+ years of project and/or professional experience with fluid systems
• Must be willing to travel to our launch sites in support of build out activities and launches; travel requirement is up to 15%
• Must be able to work all shifts, extended hours and weekends as needed
• Stand: Up to 3 hours per day
• Sit: Up to 6 hours per day
• Push/Pull: Up to 50lbs. (unassisted) Up to 15 minutes per day
• Overhead reach: Up to 3 hours per day
• Walk: Up to 3 hours per day
• Lift/Carry: Up to 25lbs. (unassisted) Up to 15 minutes per day
• Climb (ladder/stairs): Up to 1 hour per day
• Ability to work in temperatures over 80 degrees: up to 30 minutes per day

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in mechanical engineering
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience creating, reading, and interpreting electrical and fluid schematics
• Systems engineering experience, ability to understand multi-disciplinary integrated systems
• Hands-on build experience
• Familiar with fluids system component functionality as well as electrical system operation (low voltage and high voltage)
• Previous fluids or data acquisition design
• Real-time operations/integrated hazardous test experience
• Experience using and troubleshooting ground control systems required for remote operations and instrumentation feedback
• Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment including daily interactions with technicians, engineers, and managers

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• May be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire and/or physical to confirm capabilities, which may include a medical history review

About the company

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.