Sr. Tooling Designer, Investment Casting is open at SpaceX in Bastrop, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $175K. Posted on Sep 17, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Design high-precision wax injection molds and ceramic core injection molds for complex turbine blades and vanes to be manufactured in-house Interpret and enable mold filling simulations and apply first-principles analysis to optimize gating, venting, cooling, and shrinkage compensation Account for multi-stage shrinkage (wax, ceramic, and alloy) to consistently meet stringent dimensional and metallurgical…
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