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
As the Structural Engineer on the Tower team, you will own the structural integrity of these structures from concept through fabrication, erection, activation, and launch operations. You will perform and own the structural design and analysis of primary and secondary steel, connections, anchorage, and foundation interfaces; develop and issue drawings, calculations, and specifications; and lead consulting engineers, fabricators, and construction contractors through engineering, procurement, fabrication,... Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline
- 1+ years of experience in structural design, analysis, construction, or drafting (internship, co-op, and competition team experience qualifies)
- Flight hardware typically is built in tight quarters and physical dexterity is required
- Ability to work at elevated heights up to 500 feet
- Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
- 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
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.
The Starship catch tower will redefine ground support systems for launch vehicles as we know them, with the ultimate goal of launching, catching, and relaunching orbital boosters in hours or days instead of weeks or months. The tower the largest steel structure ever built to support a launch vehicle. It must survive the acoustic, thermal, and blast environment of the most powerful rocket in the world at liftoff, absorb the loads of catching a returning booster, and then be ready to do it again within days.
As the Structural Engineer on the Tower team, you will own the structural integrity of these structures from concept through fabrication, erection, activation, and launch operations. You will perform and own the structural design and analysis of primary and secondary steel, connections, anchorage, and foundation interfaces; develop and issue drawings, calculations, and specifications; and lead...
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