Full-Time
Lead Build Engineer
Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Senior
Brownsville, TX, USA
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 3+ years of industry product design, development, or build integration & test experience, specifically focused within welded and/or integrated systems
- 1+ years of experience performing fabrication, assembly and/or testing
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience recruiting, training, and managing a high performing team with wide scope
- Experience with process development, facility and line layouts, and error-proofing
- Experience owning the outcome of large integrated build and test scope
- Experience with CAD and FEA software packages
- Experience with fluid dynamics and pressurized components (valves, regulators, tubes, pipes, etc.)
- Experience leading operation-critical part mechanical design, including basic structures, fluids calculations, and design considerations
- Experience in large structural welding
- Experience in production facility design, outfitting, and activation
- Experience with Unigraphics NX and Teamcenter CAD and PLM systems
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Position is based out of Brownsville, TX
- Flight hardware typically is built in tight quarters and physical dexterity is required
- Ability to perform job duties that require standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting upper body, working in cramped positions in small openings and climbing hand over hand
- Typically exposed to work in extreme outdoor environments - heat, cold, rain
- Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise
- Schedule varies depending on site operational needs; flexibility required
- Flexibility to travel to remote build sites, up to 15%
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
- Lead and develop a team of build engineers
- Mentor and foster the continual technical and professional development of team members
- Develop and implement manufacturing processes, techniques, and tools to enable efficient and high rate manufacturing
- Work with the design engineering team to drive simplicity into the vehicle systems and their integration at a complex level
- Create, own, and communicate integration schedules and their risks
- Build a medium to long-term direction for the Starship integration engineering team to address coming challenges and to meet company goals
- Coordinate and execute development, qualification, and acceptance testing of systems, tooling, and facility improvements needed to meet production rate requirements
- Create original CAD models and prints for flight and/or tooling components
- Execute design for manufacturability changes to enhance production efficiency
- Guide a team of technicians, welders, and fabricators in building high quality and functional flight vehicle hardware
- Lead the on-site design engineering contacts for the efficient build of parts and assemblies
- Source, retain, and advise new and experienced vendors from a technical perspective
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$9.2B
Headquarters
Hawthorne, California
Founded
2002
6 month growth
↑ 9%1 year growth
↑ 30%2 year growth
↑ 29%Benefits
Benefits and Perks - Our employees’ well-being is important to us and essential to our capacity to do extraordinary things. We offer a wide variety of programs to support the health, wellness, and financial security of our employees and their families.