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New Graduate Engineer, Infrastructure

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

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 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
  • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
  • Ability and willingness to relocate to Starbase, TX (Brownsville, TX area)
  • Stand: Up to 3 hours per day
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.

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.

  • 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...

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