Senior Materials Engineer, AI Satellites
SpaceX
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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JOB TITLE: Sr. Packaging Engineer - Thermal Materials, AI Satellites (Starmind) As a Sr. Packaging Engineer on the Starmind team, you will own the full lifecycle of hardware enabling advanced on-orbit AI processing and data center workloads. You will drive requirements capture, materials selection, prototyping, manufacturing, and failure analysis for advanced packaging and board assembly processes. Key responsibilities include spearheading integrated thermal solutions like next-generation TIMs, managing equipment qualification, and building supply chains for dies, packages, and chemicals. You will utilize skills in materials science, mechanical engineering, and microelectronics manufacturing to solve thermal and packaging challenges in extreme space environments. Required competencies include experience with precision assemblies, robotic systems, and data analysis tools like MATLAB or JMP. You will also apply manufacturing methodologies such as PFMEA, SPC, and GD&T to deliver high-performance orbital compute electronics.
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