About this role
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.
NEW GRADUATE ENGINEER, INFRASTRUCTURE
SpaceX is looking for a New Graduate Mechanical Engineer to help build the infrastructure behind power generation and supercompute at Starbase. You will support mechanical scope from concept through design, fabrication, construction, and commissioning. The work can span power generation, fluid and cooling systems, and the structures and equipment that production depends on. You will work across engineering, construction, and operations, and see your work show up in hardware that has to perform in the field.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop design concepts and help size infrastructure systems based on operational loads, site conditions, and how the facility will actually run
• Collaborate with peers across disciplines to develop designs that balance cost, schedule, reliability, and capability
• Create detailed designs and generate CAD models and prints for components, assemblies, and integration into the larger site
• Build analysis models to assess designs and confirm they meet the needs of the system
• Apply first-order hand calculations and empirical formulas to assess and iterate on designs rapidly
• Support validation through development hardware, mockups, or first articles, and testing of critical joints, components, and design elements
• Support testing and commissioning of subsystems and full installations
• Partner with construction, build engineers, and technicians to improve designs and resolve issues found during build and installation
• Support installation of hardware in the field, witness designs being built and brought online, and see them go into service
• Participate in design reviews and help move designs from development into installed hardware
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Graduating with a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027
• Degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• 1+ years of mechanical design, analysis, build, or test experience via project team, research, internships, and/or professional experience
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
• Coursework or project experience in mechanical design, structural analysis, fluids, thermal systems, or power and cooling equipment
• Experience with CAD, and with hand calculations or an analysis package such as NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, Python, Matlab, or Excel
• Strong ability to use data and analysis to make fast data-driven decisions
• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information
• Experience working at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to