Thermal Mechanical Test Engineer, Silicon Packaging (Starlink) is open at SpaceX in Bastrop, TX. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $194K. Posted on Jul 1, 2026, and still on SpaceX’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Develop and run thermal and mechanical finite element models, and thermal simulations, to predict package and board-level behavior under operational and environmental conditions Develop process models to support new production line bring-up and investigations into packaging processes Design, set up, and execute thermal and mechanical test campaigns Perform board-level thermal characterization and testing to evaluate…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on SpaceX’s careers page.
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