Non-Destructive Test Engineer
Posted: 8/5/2011 5:16:52 PM
This job is closed
NDT.org Job Number:
28339
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Company:
SpaceX
State:
CA California
Country:
United States
Length:
Full - Time
Pay:
Depending on Experience
Email:
Holly@spacex.com
The Company
SpaceX is a US based space technology company founded by its residing CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, the former co-founder of PayPal. The company's goal is to renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and replacing it with innovation and commercialized price points; laying the foundation for a truly space-faring human civilization.
SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft from the ground up; including electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engines. In-house development includes nearly all flight critical custom components amounting to approximately 85% of our vehicles both by mass and by value. Our development and production efforts represent some of the most dynamic and challenging technology problems seen in any organization.
Our success is driven by a wide variety of engineering perspectives and openness to all great ideas. We pride ourselves on being a meritocracy where employees are defined by their capabilities and contributions, instead of title or tenure. We are actively seeking the best and brightest minds from all industries to continue to build our world class team.
Our employees thrive in a fast-paced engineering ecosystem focused on innovation and high levels of personal responsibility. At SpaceX we cut through the noise and believe in the essentials of hardcore engineering.
We build it, test it, and fly it.
The Department
Mission Assurance/Quality - SpaceX has a strong belief that launch vehicles and spacecraft can be both cost effective and highly reliable. Our Mission Assurance/Quality team is key to our pursuit of that goal and more specifically also our pursuit of manned spaceflight. The department works in a cross-functional fashion with all other technical teams on a variety of exciting projects, and has great exposure to leadership and the organization as a whole.
Responsibilities
Learn new emerging NDE technologies and support development efforts to bring them to use.
Carry out feasibility evaluations and follow on tasks to complete NDE method to production usability.
Conduct probability of detection studies of new NDE methods.
Provide training to floor level NDE inspectors on new inspection methods.
Work closely with our Propulsion, Structures, Launch and Avionics Engineers to determine inspection needs and communicate NDE abilities.
Design support tooling for NDE inspection systems and automate/robotize inspections where possible.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other technical field.
A minimum 2 years’ experience in NDE methodologies.
Working knowledge or experience in Acoustic emission, ultrasonic and eddy current methods. Experience in Thermography and Laser Shearography also preferred.
Candidate will use Unigraphics NX6 to design NDE support tooling components.
Mechanical Engineering abilities to design support tooling for NDE inspection systems and to automate/robotize inspections.
Preferred skills
Working knowledge of valves, regulators, fluid and pneumatic components.
Strong fundamental understanding of physics.
Fundamental understanding of fracture mechanics of materials (Metallic and composite materials).
Hands-on experience with fluid and gas handling systems.
Experience using test instrumentation and control components: Tensile testing equipment, pressure testing systems, automation/robot systems.
SpaceX offers one of the best environments in the world for employees to learn, build real working systems and tackle exciting challenges every day. We operate in a fun, casual work environment and have great benefits including: competitive salary, stock options, medical/dental insurance and free gym memberships. By joining the SpaceX team, you are not just a part of history, you are making it.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, SpaceX hires only U.S. citizens and U.S. Permanent Residents.
Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resource Department at (310) 363-6000.
SpaceX is a US based space technology company founded by its residing CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, the former co-founder of PayPal. The company's goal is to renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and replacing it with innovation and commercialized price points; laying the foundation for a truly space-faring human civilization.
SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft from the ground up; including electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engines. In-house development includes nearly all flight critical custom components amounting to approximately 85% of our vehicles both by mass and by value. Our development and production efforts represent some of the most dynamic and challenging technology problems seen in any organization.
Our success is driven by a wide variety of engineering perspectives and openness to all great ideas. We pride ourselves on being a meritocracy where employees are defined by their capabilities and contributions, instead of title or tenure. We are actively seeking the best and brightest minds from all industries to continue to build our world class team.
Our employees thrive in a fast-paced engineering ecosystem focused on innovation and high levels of personal responsibility. At SpaceX we cut through the noise and believe in the essentials of hardcore engineering.
We build it, test it, and fly it.
The Department
Mission Assurance/Quality - SpaceX has a strong belief that launch vehicles and spacecraft can be both cost effective and highly reliable. Our Mission Assurance/Quality team is key to our pursuit of that goal and more specifically also our pursuit of manned spaceflight. The department works in a cross-functional fashion with all other technical teams on a variety of exciting projects, and has great exposure to leadership and the organization as a whole.
Responsibilities
Learn new emerging NDE technologies and support development efforts to bring them to use.
Carry out feasibility evaluations and follow on tasks to complete NDE method to production usability.
Conduct probability of detection studies of new NDE methods.
Provide training to floor level NDE inspectors on new inspection methods.
Work closely with our Propulsion, Structures, Launch and Avionics Engineers to determine inspection needs and communicate NDE abilities.
Design support tooling for NDE inspection systems and automate/robotize inspections where possible.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other technical field.
A minimum 2 years’ experience in NDE methodologies.
Working knowledge or experience in Acoustic emission, ultrasonic and eddy current methods. Experience in Thermography and Laser Shearography also preferred.
Candidate will use Unigraphics NX6 to design NDE support tooling components.
Mechanical Engineering abilities to design support tooling for NDE inspection systems and to automate/robotize inspections.
Preferred skills
Working knowledge of valves, regulators, fluid and pneumatic components.
Strong fundamental understanding of physics.
Fundamental understanding of fracture mechanics of materials (Metallic and composite materials).
Hands-on experience with fluid and gas handling systems.
Experience using test instrumentation and control components: Tensile testing equipment, pressure testing systems, automation/robot systems.
SpaceX offers one of the best environments in the world for employees to learn, build real working systems and tackle exciting challenges every day. We operate in a fun, casual work environment and have great benefits including: competitive salary, stock options, medical/dental insurance and free gym memberships. By joining the SpaceX team, you are not just a part of history, you are making it.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, SpaceX hires only U.S. citizens and U.S. Permanent Residents.
Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resource Department at (310) 363-6000.
