Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Machine Design (Starship) is open at SpaceX in Starbase, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $193K. Posted on May 20, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Design, build, and activate custom machinery and infrastructure to enable the production and handling of Starship launch vehicles Develop the Starfactory and Gigafactory of the future to enable rapid build, test, and operation of our transport architectures Collaborate with vehicle engineers to influence vehicle design and manufacturing processes to maximize production rate Use your technical knowledge to execute on…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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