Thermal Hardware Engineer (Starship)

📋 Description

• Develop, test, and qualify new or refined thermal protection system solutions for our Starship architecture
• Own the outcome and set up the end-to-end solutions to thermal challenges from idea to flying hardware
• Work with production on resolving issues on the floor and on the vehicle with our flight hardware
• Analyze and troubleshoot post-flight conditions on vehicle heatshields to drive vehicle changes and improvements
• Coordinate with analysis, avionics, structures, supply chain, and reliability engineers to drive multidisciplinary projects
• Work with outside vendors, suppliers, and testing resources to bring in new materials, capabilities, or processes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in material science, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, or aerospace engineering
• 1+ years of engineering experience designing, analyzing, or building mechanical or thermal systems (internship and school projects experience qualify)
• 3+ years of experience working on thermal protection systems
• Strong fundamentals in aerothermal heating on reentry vehicles
• Strong fundamentals in the materials and mechanisms by which thermal protection systems operate
• ITAR: US citizen/national or eligible for required authorizations