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 operates the world’s first automated unmanned vessel certified to land orbital class vehicles. This role has the opportunity to work with an elite team to develop and execute the processing operations of landed Falcon 9 boosters and fairings. Recovering and re-flying rockets is historic and has changed the industry for the future…and you could be a part of that team.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 2+ years of experience developing and/or processing aerospace or aviation systems
- Position may require long hours (10-12+ hour days) and weekend work
- Willing to work in extreme outdoor environments – heat, cold, rain, wind, open ocean
- Ability to work in a high-stress environment
- Willing to support offshore operations, including working recovery missions at sea
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 operates the world’s first automated unmanned vessel certified to land orbital class vehicles. This role has the opportunity to work with an elite team to develop and execute the processing operations of landed Falcon 9 boosters and fairings. Recovering and re-flying rockets is historic and has changed the industry for the future…and you could be a part of that team.
- Own overall mission campaigns to process Falcon 9 boosters and fairings at the Port of Long Beach
- Develop procedures, test plans, and concept of operations for F9 flight hardware processing and quick deliveries back to Vandenberg
- Drive more efficient operations to improve Falcon 9 recovery cost and hardware health for improved refurbishment timelines
- Resolve blockers to operations in the field and make real-time decisions to keep team moving
- Design, build, and test new ground support equipment in support of improving recovery...
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