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SpaceX

Thermal Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX

Published 11 May 2026
Hawthorne, CA
100K - 135K USD Annual
Full Time

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Role Highlights

Languages used

MATLAB
Python

Key skills

Written Communication
Security
3D

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

Description

The role involves conducting thermal design, testing, and validation for spacecraft, launch vehicles, and hardware. The engineer performs high-level analysis and validates performance using ground tests, flight data, and orbital data. Responsibilities include automating workflows to improve the design cycle and pursuing improvements in hardware performance and robustness. The engineer also focuses on operational simplicity to reduce the burden on other internal groups. Additionally, the role requires producing quality documentation and reviewing the work of peers.

Required Qualifications and Skills

The position requires a Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and at least one year of experience using scientific programming languages such as MATLAB or Python. Candidates must be able to work extended hours and weekends, and they must be available for travel up to 25% of the work week. A Master's degree in an engineering discipline is preferred. Additionally, candidates should possess strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to deliver results against an aggressive schedule.

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About the company

SpaceX

Size

13529

Founded

HQ

Hawthorne, US

Description

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the worlds most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.

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