Build Engineer, Fluid Systems (Dragon)

$110,000 - $130,000/Yr

SpaceX - Hawthorne, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hawthorne, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Build Engineer for Fluid Systems at SpaceX is responsible for overseeing the manufacturing process of fluid assemblies that are critical to the Dragon vehicle's life support, thermal control, and propulsion systems. This role involves ensuring the reliable performance of these assemblies both on the ground and in space, while focusing on safety and quality during production.

Responsibilities

• Own piece parts and assembled propulsion sub-systems throughout the manufacturing process with a focus on delivery to meet Dragon rate 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 the design engineering, production, and quality teams
• Support day-to-day production of tank and engine 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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• 1+ years of hands-on experience driving the design, building, testing, manufacturing, or development of mechanical components or systems

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in aerospace, mechanical, systems or manufacturing engineering
• Experience with design for manufacturability and assembly
• Experience with welding, machining, and coating processes
• Knowledge of principles of chemistry, engineering, fluid dynamics, and mechanics of materials
• Experience conducting pressure and leak testing using instrumentation such as helium mass spectrometers, flow meters, pressure transducers, and thermocouples
• Experience with capacity modeling, process mapping, and fault analysis
• Experience performing pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action experience
• Experience performing PFMEAs
• Familiarity with CAD and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• 5 days of sick leave per year
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or cash awards