or apply directly on SpaceX's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 19 days SpaceX's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 52% of SpaceX's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SpaceX
- high 1459 stale, 43 reposted of 2,362 open
- Hiring momentum
- 3062 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SpaceX's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SpaceX.
About this role
The Design Criteria Engineer for Starship will work within an agile systems engineering team at SpaceX, focusing on improving vehicle design through collaboration with hardware teams. Responsibilities include reviewing hardware designs, developing design criteria tools, and ensuring cohesive design evolution across various technical teams. The role involves rapid conceptual design and testing cycles, which may include CAD modeling and oversight of testing processes.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SpaceX as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of experience with mechanical design, manufacturing, and/or analysis (internship experience qualifies)
Nice to have
- Experience with aerospace structure systems: design, analysis, testing, and fabrication for use in high-performance or safety critical applications
- Experience with fatigue, vibration, and thermal testing of mechanical assemblies
- Hands-on experience with various industry standard manufacturing tools, techniques and processes, including mills, lathes, electronics assembly, composite layup, etc.
- Experience with material selection and make vs. buy decisions for system components
- Experience with solid modeling (Siemens NX) and finite element analysis software (FEMAP)
Worth weighing
- Must be willing to work long hours and weekends as needed
- No salary listed
Summarised from SpaceX's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by SpaceX on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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