New Graduate Engineer, Propulsion (Raptor)

About the Role

Join the forefront of space exploration at SpaceX as a member of the Raptor team – the world's most advanced rocket engine powering Starship’s journey in making humanity multiplanetary. This is an opportunity to help build the world's most powerful rocket engine with an emphasis on efficiency and reusability.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of next generation rocket engines, test stands, and production lines.
• Perform hand calculations and FEA to develop, assess, and optimize designs.
• Rapidly iterate on manufacturing processes and development testing in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure hardware integrates with all Raptor systems and supports necessary mission operations.
• Own large business outcomes and experience a rate of personal and professional growth.
• Transition from building hardware to flying reusable rockets to orbit.
• Work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
• 1+ years of mechanical and/or fluids engineering experience via project team, research, internships, and/or professional experience.
• Graduating in the spring of 2026, summer of 2026 or Fall of 2026.
• Strong ability to use data and analysis to make fast data-driven decisions.
• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information.
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
• Experience building hardware or a passion for contributing to a work product that operates in the real world.
• Demonstrated rapid growth in successive positions of increasing responsibility.
• Demonstrated resilience and the ability to overcome failure or extreme odds.
• ITAR Requirements: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Qualifications

• Minimum GPA 3.5/4.0 or higher.
• Standardized test scores minimum 95th percentile.
• Merit-based scholarship recipient.