Manager, Mechanical Engineering (Starship Avionics) is open at SpaceX in Starbase, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $194K. Posted on Apr 30, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
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…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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