Mechanical Engineer, Starship Tooling is open at SpaceX in Cape Canaveral, FL. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $194K. Posted on Oct 27, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Design, analyze, build, and activate mechanical hardware for Starship launch pads, recovery systems, and production tooling, spanning large welded steel structures and precision mechanisms such as hold-downs, sliders, and actuated systems Demonstrate complete end-to-end project ownership: define requirements, develop the concept, size it with hand calculations and analysis, release detailed models and prints, plan…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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