Mechanical Engineer - Optical, Satellites (Starlink) is open at SpaceX in Redmond, WA. The posting gives a salary of $100K - $135K. Posted on Aug 25, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Own mechanical, electro-mechanical, and actuator hardware from conceptual design through production and on-orbit operation Design precision mechanisms and actuators — gimbals, fast-steering stages, flexures, launch locks, and related kinematics — that meet pointing, stiffness, mass, and reliability requirements Develop structural designs and load paths for laser terminals or imaging payloads; perform and interpret…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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