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Design Reliability Engineer (Crew Starship)

SpaceX · Starbase, TX · On-site

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.

About the role

Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews, and of acceptance and qualification test campaigns. Lead spacecraft certification efforts through direct interaction with U.S. Government customers.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1+ years professional experience in fabrication, assembly, and/or testing
  • Must be available to work long hours and weekends as necessary
More 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.

After 50 years, humankind will once again return to surface of the moon using SpaceX’s new vehicle, the Human Landing System (HLS) – this time for good. Leveraging the lessons learned from our flight proven Dragon spacecraft, Falcon and now Starship, HLS will usher in the next era of manned spaceflight and exploration, ultimately allowing us to establish permanent communities on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

The HLS Design Reliability team is responsible for ensuring that flight hardware and concepts-of-operations lead to successful completion of missions while meeting or exceeding both internal and external design requirements. We perform a unique engineering role, evaluating and guiding engineering designs from concept to flight. We facilitate cross-disciplinary action and problem-solving across all SpaceX programs and staff.

  • Develop design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches for new...

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Crew Starship

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