If you are offered this position, would you prefer to do the job yourself or you would like to lead? Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Material Science Engineer Interview Questions
17 material science engineer interview questions shared by candidates
What is difference between pvd and cvd?
Phone screening was just questions about myself, why I was interested in SpaceX, some questions about my education, my past, things on my resume. Second interview started out behavioral and then quickly went into questions about my Master's program and my research very granular questions. The last interview was also very technical and scarring the only real question I remember was the final question about the Starlink (that's what I would have worked on) and interviewer asked presented me with the problem being faced with solar panels in space and what type of materials I would use to build new solar panel to improve the existing design and fix some of the problems that could occur in space
Describe a time where you were faced with a challenge
What experience did you have in material science? This was unexpected as there was no indication that the opening for engineer was related to material science.
Had to pick two samples of fabric and show how I would sell them to a customer if I had no knowledge of what the fabric was. Then I had to suggest what product the material would be used for.
Tell me about a time you worked on your own initiative
What is a gage R&R study? What determines a successful gage R&R?
How do you design experiments to validate your numerical simulation results (it was asked for several problems)
Here is a situation we ran into a few days ago. We noticed something leaking out of our assembly of x-ray instrument housing with green residue. Describe your approach to the situation in finding root cause and failure mode.
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