The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Ensure that the SpaceX design process and design criteria/requirements are: being followed for flight, launch, and recovery systems
Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design: reviews, and of acceptance and qualification test campaigns
Develop design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches for new systems
Setup new processes to enable reliable aircraft-like operations of launch vehicles and spacecraft
Drive improvements to vehicle design by being closely integrated with hardware teams.
Review vehicle changes to ensure all hardware and operations are qualified
What they're looking for
- Develop specialized design and analysis tools for other engineering groups
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- + years of professional experience in a hardware engineering role
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline
