Thermal Control and Life Support Hardware Engineer (Crew Starship)

The role

You will develop hardware to maintain environmental and thermal control and support life onboard the Starship spacecraft. This involves design, analysis, testing, and manufacturing of components for Crew Starship missions.

What you will do

• Own the conceptualization, design, and build of life support and thermal control systems
• Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing
• Be responsible for project delivery timeline from early design through production, launch, and sustained operations
• Lead design reviews internally and externally with suppliers and customers
• Work with interdisciplinary customers to ensure component integration
• Ensure designs are manufacturable and reliable
• Exemplify technical excellence and be accountable for your own work

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science discipline
• 1+ years of experience working with fluid systems, mechanical systems, environmental control systems, or components
• Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed to support critical milestones
• Ability to pass Air Force background checks for Cape Canaveral
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department

Nice to have

• Ability to perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals
• Experience with rotating machinery
• Experienced in NX
• Solid understanding and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and tolerance stack-up analysis
• Experience with structural analysis methods (hand calcs, ABAQUS, ANSYS)
• Knowledge of metallic and fluid system manufacturing techniques, processes, equipment, and other processes such as machining, welding, brazing, tube bending, etc.
• Experience with selection of materials considering engineering properties, manufacturing, and fluid compatibility
• Able to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment
• Highly self-motivated with strong organizational and written/oral communication skills
• Master’s degree in engineering discipline

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company aims to establish permanent communities on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.