Welding Engineer Starship
Welding Engineer Starship
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Job Description
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.
WELDING ENGINEER (STARSHIP)
This position will support the development of SpaceXs Starship launch vehicles alongside a strong designandbuild engineering group. The welding engineer will help develop qualify and optimize welding designs and processes. The engineer will interface daily with designandbuild engineers to make welding improvements and enforce standardized practices and procedures on multiple welded assemblies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop optimize and qualify weld processes and parameters for multiple welding processes including but not limited to electron beam welding laser beam welding gas tungsten arc welding orbital tube welding resistance welding gas metal arc welding friction stir welding and plasma arc welding
- Support production operations on fullscale welded assemblies providing direction to manufacturing engineers and welders on correct techniques in a fastpaced manufacturing environment
- 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 in addition to developing and implementing innovative stateoftheart NDE techniques
- Develop and implement improved process control where possible using test and NDE results as a feedback loop
- Set up automated welding solutions in an effort to drive process consistency
- Scope out new welding technologies that may be employed to improve rate/quality/efficiency
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
- 1 years of experience with handson fabrication manufacturing or testing experience of welded assemblies
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Masters degree in welding engineering or related technical program
- Handson welding experience in stainless steel nickelbased titanium copper and aluminum alloys
- Experience with brazing joining and metallographic interpretation
- Fundamental understanding of welding processes including but not limited to electron beam laser beam plasma arc resistance frictionstir gas tungsten arc and gas metal arc
- Robot programming experience for automated welding solutions
- Tooling design experience for welded assemblies to reduce part distortion and improve part consistency
- Understanding of weld strength testing methodologies standards and data acquisition systems used to make informed welding decisions (ASTM E8 E399 E740 ISO 15653 AWS D17.X AWS C7.X thermoscouples strain gages etc.
- Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions including but not limited to optical and SEM fractography/metallography hardness chemical analysis and mechanical testing
- Selfmotivated engineer with keen attention to detail
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Position will be based in Starbase Texas (Brownsville/South Padre Island area) and will require relocation if not already local.
- Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed to support and maintain build schedules
- Ability to perform job duties that require standing kneeling crouching twisting upper body working in cramped positions in small openings and climbing hand over hand
- Strong ability to multitask and communicate status and results with a broad spectrum of internal and external departments
ITAR 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceXs Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to.
Employment Type
Full Time
