New Graduate Engineer, Mechanical (Starshield)

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, MECHANICAL (STARSHIELD)

Our SpaceX team is working on the toughest and most audacious projects on our planet: making humanity multiplanetary. As a Mechanical Engineer on the SpaceX team, you will demonstrate extreme ownership through detailed and thorough design, hardware bring-up/characterization/testing, and requirements generation/verification - ultimately seeing your hardware through all aspects of its life cycle. You will work with many cross-disciplinary teams and will need to think at a system level to ensure that your design is viable. Our development timelines are quick and you will need to rigorously explore solutions for previously unsolved or unknown problems. Every day, we push the limits of what is possible through innovation, determination, and teamwork to drive the mission to success.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Own hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through volume production and on-orbit operations to support various customers’ needs  

• Develop design criteria, collaborate on requirements, and drive system-level optimization

• Rapidly iterate on designs and analysis to inform high-level systems trades and steer overall product direction

• Drive holistic DFM to create elegant designs with a focus on piece part and process count reductions, error-proofing at every step of fabrication and integration, and consistent performance and production metrics

• Establish an efficient product lifecycle starting in the supply chain through final integration that balances cost, complexity, and quality; work closely with partner teams to design and realize an efficient in-house production line

• Perform environmental and performance testing on hardware to validate analysis and demonstrate compliance with design criteria

• Own product delivery timeline through conception, design, assembly, and launch

• Demonstrate extreme ownership of product outcomes at every stage of development and production

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or STEM discipline

• Experience with CAD or FEA software packages (can be in a professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby setting)

• Experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical design and analysis (internship and extracurricular experience are applicable)

• Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline

• Ability and willingness to obtain a Top Secret clearance

• Solid understanding and application of GD&T

• Demonstrated ability to own hardware or systems within an integrated engineering team outside