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
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Falcon propulsion systems
Make critical decisions for the processing of Merlin and Stage Propulsion: hardware during build, test, integration, and flight to ensure 100% mission success
Define, implement, and validate acceptance and operational requirements to: promote reliability, rapid reusability, and streamlined processing of Falcon rockets
Take on primary responsibility for the success of Merlin engines or Stage: Propulsion hardware for a given test or launch campaign
Support test and launch operations across all SpaceX facilities, including: live on-console support from mission control
Perform post-test and post-flight data reviews, and provide technical: recommendations to the Vehicle Maintenance team to enable rapid, reliable reuse of hardware
What they're looking for
- Solve undefined and multi-disciplinary problems, interfacing with engineering: and technician teams from all disciplines across SpaceX (e.g., production, test, launch, avionics, structures, guidance, navigation & control, thermal and fluid analysis, flight and ground software, mission management, flight reliability, etc.)
- Work closely with commercial and government customers to drive down technical: debt, mitigate flight risks, and ensure maximum hardware and software reliability
- Lead propulsion anomaly investigations and drive these investigations to resolution
- Develop new automation capabilities to enable extreme launch cadence: leverage coding for rapid test and flight data analysis, flight software verification, and other engineering processes, and eliminate recurring work