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Propulsion Engineer (Dragon)
SpaceX is developing the technologies to enable human life on Mars. We are recruiting a Propulsion Engineer to own critical subsystems in our Dragon spacecraft.
What you will do
- Own piece parts and assembled propulsion and environmental thermal subsystems throughout the manufacturing process, focused on delivery to meet Dragon rate and USDV delivery timelines while maintaining safety and part quality
- Develop and qualify new processes to take products from design to production
- Resolve manufacturing discrepancies for all owned parts and processes by collaborating with design engineering, production, and quality teams
- Support day-to-day production of assemblies, high-pressure testing, and integration of hardware
- Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, and layout upgrades to meet volume production demand
- Find and eliminate process waste, streamline production processes, and enable continuous improvement
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
- 1 or more years of hands-on experience driving the design, building, testing, manufacturing, or development of mechanical components or systems
Preferred experience
- Master's degree in aerospace, mechanical, systems, or manufacturing engineering
- Design for manufacturability and assembly
- Welding, machining, and coating processes
- Principles of chemistry, engineering, fluid dynamics, and mechanics of materials
- Pressure and leak testing using helium mass spectrometers, flow meters, pressure transducers, and thermocouples
- Capacity modeling, process mapping, and fault analysis
- Pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action
- PFMEAs
- CAD and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
Working conditions
Position may require extended work hours and weekend work. Position requires working directly with hardware on the floor for extended periods of time.
Compensation
Level 1: $100,000 to $130,000 per year. Level 2: $115,000 to $160,000 per year. Actual level and base salary determined case-by-case based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is one part of total rewards. You may be eligible for long-term incentives in company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan discounts. Benefits include comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave per company policy.
ITAR requirement
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.