SpaceX
Posted 85 days agoVerified live 1d ago
Test Engineer, Avionics (Starship)
Brief overview
Starbase, TXIn-person
UndergradOr in progress
1+ yrsMinimum
38 H-1B approvalsDept. of Labor
1 green cardsCertified filings
About the company
SpaceXspacex.com
SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft.
Visa sponsorship history
4 years sponsoring, last filed FY2026
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1PERM certified
$160,000median wage / yr
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Job description
Summary
SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The Test Engineer, Avionics (Starship) will design, build, and scale test equipment and processes to ensure the quality of wire harnesses, directly contributing to the production of Starship vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop production test equipment, test racks, and automation systems to verify wire harnesses and electromechanical assembly quality at scale
- Define and validate test methods that ensure harnesses meet extreme reuse requirements while remaining flight-worthy, while driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions on test failures
- Scale test capacity and throughput to support production rates of thousands of vehicles per year and own the transition of new test capabilities into sustained production use
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or manufacturing engineering
- 1+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, and/or production of mechanical, electrical, or fluids systems (internship and collegiate extracurricular engineering project experience qualifies)
- 3+ years of professional experience in high-rate design and/or production of mechanical or electronics hardware systems
- Experience designing or building custom test equipment or automated test systems
- Experience with wire harness electrical testing methods, including continuity, dielectric withstanding voltage (DWV), insulation resistance, low-resistance testing, capacitance, and high-speed data testing (DSX)
- Proficiency in programming or scripting for test automation and data analysis
- Strong mechanical aptitude for designing test fixtures and hardware
- Experience working on multidisciplinary projects that combine electrical, mechanical, and software elements
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or manufacturing engineering
- 1+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, and/or production of mechanical, electrical, or fluids systems (internship and collegiate extracurricular engineering project experience qualifies)
Nice to Haves
- 3+ years of professional experience in high-rate design and/or production of mechanical or electronics hardware systems
- Experience designing or building custom test equipment or automated test systems
- Experience with wire harness electrical testing methods, including continuity, dielectric withstanding voltage (DWV), insulation resistance, low-resistance testing, capacitance, and high-speed data testing (DSX)
- Proficiency in programming or scripting for test automation and data analysis
- Strong mechanical aptitude for designing test fixtures and hardware
- Experience working on multidisciplinary projects that combine electrical, mechanical, and software elements
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