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# Mechanisms Test Engineer

- **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- **Location:** Hawthorne, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $135,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Python (Programming Language), Siemens NX
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b8f1d846bedbe945

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Outdoor work?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering?, * Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

 * 1+ years of experience in one or more of the following:
 + Involvement with an extracurricular project team designing and building mechanical structures
 + Academic research on mechanical structures
 + Professional experience designing and analyzing mechanical structures

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

 * Master's degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline
 * Understanding and proper application of GD&T
 * Experience with Unigraphics (NX)
 * Experience performing finite element analysis (FEA)
 * Experience with large steel and/or aluminum weldment design and analysis
 * Experience with high pressure (up to 30,000 psi) fluid system design and analysis
 * Hands-on design and fabrication experience
 * Basic programming skills (Python, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS preferred)
 * Data acquisition and controls experience
 * Demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

 * Must be willing to travel as needed, up to 25% to other SpaceX sites
 * Ability to work at elevated heights occasionally (scissor lifts and articulated boom lifts)
 * Physical effort including standing, lifting, and carrying equipment up to 25 lbs. unassisted
 * Ability to work in outdoor environments as needed
 * Must be available to work extended hours and some weekends

## Description

* Create test stand concepts, fabrication drawings, wiring schematics, and instrumentation lists
 * Design and analyze structures, fluid systems, and mechanisms
 * Supervise the integration of test stands including fabrication, mechanical assembly and data/control systems
 * Operate test stands with great attention to detail (tests have very little margin for error, so attention to detail is a crucial and essential characteristic of a development test engineer)


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