SpaceX

Overview

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars, and the Sr. Welding Engineer position will support the manufacturing and development of Falcon 9, Starship, Dragon spacecraft, and Starlink satellites by optimizing and qualifying welding designs and processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and qualify weld processes and parameters for multiple welding processes.
• Support production operations on full scale welded assemblies, providing direction to manufacturing engineers and welders.
• Support design, manufacturing, and materials engineering with root cause analysis.
• Work closely with design, tooling, automation, and development engineers to improve welded designs for manufacturing.
• Set up welding qualification test campaigns and interpret mechanical testing and NDE results.
• Work closely with NDE personnel to interpret weld quality on development and flight hardware.
• Develop and implement improved process control using test and NDE results as feedback.
• Set up automated welding solutions to drive process consistency.
• Scope out new welding technologies to improve rate, quality, and efficiency.
• Support on-site manufacturing and development of Starlink, F9, Dragon, Starship, and related propulsion engines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience with hands-on fabrication, manufacturing, or testing experience of welded assemblies.
• Master’s degree in welding engineering or related technical program (preferred).
• Hands on welding experience of stainless steel, nickel-based, titanium, copper, and aluminum alloys (preferred).
• Experience with brazing, joining, and metallographic interpretation (preferred).
• Fundamental understanding of welding processes including electron beam, laser beam, plasma arc, resistance, friction-stir, gas tungsten arc, and gas metal arc (preferred).
• Robot programming experience for automated welding solutions (preferred).
• Tooling design experience for welded assemblies (preferred).
• Understanding of weld strength testing methodologies and data acquisition systems (preferred).
• Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions (preferred).
• Self-motivated engineer with keen attention to detail.
• Strong ability to multi-task and communicate status and results.

Benefits

• 401k
• Health Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO

Additional Information

• Willing to work long hours and weekends as needed.
• Travel may be required to other SpaceX facilities in Texas and Washington state (up to 50%).
• Ability to perform job duties that require standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting upper body, working in cramped positions, and climbing hand over hand.