Jobs · Engineering · Washington

Mechanical Engineer, Electro-Mechanical (Starlink)

SpaceX · Redmond, WA · 3 days ago
On-siteEngineering$100k–$118k/yrFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Elicit urgent troubleshooting of hardware issues.
  • Conduct hands-on testing to inform development or root cause investigations.
  • Implement design or manufacturing upgrades to improve rate and reliability.
  • Collaborate with design teams to provide feedback on manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
  • Perform environmental and performance testing on hardware to validate analysis and demonstrate compliance to design criteria.
  • Show extreme ownership of product outcomes at every stage of development and production.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline.
  • 1+ years of experience designing, building, testing, or troubleshooting hardware via professional work experience, project/research-based student experience, or a combination of both.

Preferred Skills And Experience

  • Demonstrated full-cycle ownership of a hardware project from concept to implementation.
  • Understand fundamental principals in materials science and solid mechanics.
  • Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills.

Additional Requirements

  • Willing to work extended hours and/or weekends for mission critical deadlines.

Pay

Pay Range Level 1: $100,000.00 - $117,500.00
Level 2: $115,000.00 - $140,000.00

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Short and long-term disability insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Variety of other discounts and perks.
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation.
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year.
  • Company shuttle service for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.

Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

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