# Welding Engineer (Starship) at SpaceX

- Company: SpaceX
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.spacex.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Starbase, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-22
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8782120002?gh_jid=8782120002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-welding-engineer-starship/

## About the role

This position will support the development of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicles alongside a strong design-and-build engineering group. The welding engineer will help develop, qualify, and optimize welding designs and processes. The engineer will interface daily with design-and-build engineers to make welding improvements and enforce standardized practices and procedures on multiple welded assemblies.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of experience with hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience of welded assemblies
- Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed to support and maintain build schedules
- 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
- Strong ability to multi-task and communicate status and results with a broad spectrum of internal and external departments

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