Reliability Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $105,000–$145,000 / yr
Posted: 33 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About SpaceX

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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TL;DR · Reliability Engineer

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The Reliability Engineer supports the design engineer community by ensuring the reliability of EEE components, avionics, and systems. This role involves evaluating component quality, addressing unforeseen failures, and building Finite Element Analysis models to simulate wearout and provide design direction. The engineer will lead reliability test planning, execute testing campaigns, and develop reliability physics of failure models and statistics to assess mission risks. Key responsibilities include analyzing PCB laminates, solder chemistry, and reflow profiles while coordinating destructive physical analysis. Required skills include experience in semiconductor, package, and PCBA reliability, as well as proficiency in reliability modeling, Weibull Analysis, and life testing methods like HALT/HASS and AEC-Q100. The position solves technical challenges regarding the functional performance of electronics over mission life conditions in space.

Skills

Reliability Physics FEA Weibull Analysis HALT HASS FMEA PCB Design ANSYS Sherlock Accelerated Testing Failure Analysis MTTF SEU MBU JESD47 AEC-Q100

What you'll do

Use reliability physics of failure models and statistics to assess mission risks and qualify designs.
Lead the planning, methodology, and execution of reliability test campaigns for hardware and components.
Build reliability prediction models and Finite Element Models to evaluate functional performance over mission life.
Drive analysis processes for all failures discovered during reliability testing to provide corrective actions.
Evaluate failure analysis and coordinate destructive physical analysis investigations to drive issues toward closure.
Analyze implementation options for electronics design, including material selections, PCB laminates, and solder chemistry.
Advise on HALT/HASS testing and reliability assessments for PCBA testing.

What we're looking for

BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
5+ years of experience in semiconductor, package, and/or PCBA reliability.
2+ years of work experience in reliability modeling methods to predict product life and statistical techniques to analyze test data.
MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field (preferred).
Understanding of accelerated testing methods, governing equations, and physics of failure for different failure mechanisms (preferred).
Experience facilitating FMEAs and leading cross-functional teams in reliability analysis, prediction, and correlation (preferred).
Familiarity with reliability statistics, including Weibull Analysis (preferred).
Familiarity with FEA and PCB Design Analysis capability (Sherlock/ANSYS or alternative) (preferred).
U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee (or eligible for Department of State authorization).