Lead Mechanical Engineer (Starship Avionics)
SpaceX - Starbase, TX
Posted Apr 25, 2026
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Lead Mechanical Engineer (Starship Avionics) Starbase, TX 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 of enabling human life on Mars. LEAD MECHANICAL ENGINEER (STARSHIP AVIONICS) Starship Avionics Mechanical is responsible for producing an avionics system minimizing vehicle cost/mass and providing electrical sensing, actuation, and control for flying the vehicle. Avionics includes RF communication, navigation sensors, electrical actuators, video systems, propulsion sensors, and energy storage. This role leads a team of mechanical engineers, and it is within a larger avionics team of electrical engineers designing electrical system and vehicle operations. This role will partner closely with adjacent Starship engineering and production teams to continuously improve the design and manufacturability of avionics hardware for current and next-generation vehicles. Team mission is to develop highly producible mechanical designs and packaging solutions that protect electronics from the harsh mechanical and thermal environments of launch vehicle operations. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Extreme ownership of avionics engineers to enable the rapid progress of design, integration, test, and launch activities - Drive conceptual design, architecture trades, and first order sizing - Develop design requirements where definition is lacking - Optimize the development speed, mass, and cost on our avionics - Perform in depth first principles analysis and FEA to assess and optimize designs - Incorporate design for manufacturing principles, drive first article builds, and make
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