SpaceX

Overview

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and is seeking a Welding Engineer to support the development of Starship launch vehicles. The role involves optimizing welding designs and processes in collaboration with a design-and-build engineering group.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and qualify weld processes and parameters for multiple welding processes.
• Support production operations on full-scale welded assemblies and provide direction to manufacturing engineers and welders.
• Conduct root cause analysis in support of design, manufacturing, and materials engineering.
• Collaborate with design, tooling, automation, and development engineers to enhance welded designs for manufacturing.
• Set up welding qualification test campaigns and interpret mechanical testing and NDE results.
• Work with NDE personnel to interpret weld quality on development and flight hardware.
• Develop and implement improved process control using test and NDE results.
• Establish automated welding solutions to drive process consistency.
• Explore new welding technologies to improve rate, quality, and efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of 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 in stainless steel, nickel-based, titanium, copper, and aluminum alloys (preferred).
• Experience with brazing, joining, and metallographic interpretation (preferred).
• Fundamental understanding of various welding processes (preferred).
• Robot programming experience for automated welding solutions (preferred).
• Tooling design experience for welded assemblies (preferred).
• Understanding of weld strength testing methodologies and standards (preferred).
• Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions (preferred).
• Self-motivated engineer with keen attention to detail.

Additional Information

• Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed.
• Ability to perform job duties that require physical activity in cramped positions.