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New Graduate Engineer, Mechanical (Starship)

SpaceX · Starbase, TX

Posted 28 days ago

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This role has been open
28 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

As a New Graduate Engineer in Mechanical at SpaceX, you will be involved in the design and development of next-generation launch vehicles and production lines. Your role will include transforming system requirements into hardware concepts, performing calculations and analyses to optimize designs, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. This position offers a dynamic environment where you can contribute to ambitious projects aimed at making humanity multiplanetary.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in 2027
  • Degree in an engineering discipline or physics
  • 1+ years of mechanical or fluids design, analysis, or build experience via project team, research, internships, and/or professional experience

Nice to have

  • Strong ability to use data and analysis to make fast data-driven decisions
  • Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information
  • Experience working at a nimble engineering organization or in a highly technical position that required a scrappy, entrepreneurial manner to accomplish tasks with tight time or budget constraints
  • Excelled in ultra-competitive environments
  • Experience building hardware or have a passion for contributing to a work product that operates in the real world

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Position requires relocation to Starbase, TX
  • Extended hours and weekend work may be necessary
  • Physical requirements include working at heights and in confined spaces

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Listed by SpaceX on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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