Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer

SpaceX

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On-site
Location
Woodinville, WA
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$135,000–$210,000 / yr
Posted
70 days ago
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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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TL;DR · Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer

JOB TITLE: Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starlink Aviation) As a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer on the Starlink Aviation team, you will ensure the reliability and quality of aviation products through design, manufacturing, testing, and fleet operations. You will design and execute long-term reliability tests, develop inspection processes, and investigate anomalies to identify root causes for structural and electrical systems, including phased-array, Wi-Fi, harnessing, and power supply PCBAs. You will partner with design and manufacturing teams to drive corrective actions and systematic process improvements. Required skills include a bachelor’s degree in engineering and experience with statistical process control, design of experiments, and root cause analysis. Preferred qualifications include programming in Python, C, or SQL, an electrical engineering background, and knowledge of Lean principles within consumer electronics, medical devices, or aerospace industries.

What you'll do

  • Design and execute long-term reliability tests during initial product development and qualification.
  • Partner with design and manufacturing teams to ensure manufacturability and process reliability for flight hardware.
  • Develop and validate test and inspection processes to ensure objective reliability goals are met.
  • Investigate anomalies and failures in test, production, and the fleet to identify and mitigate root causes.
  • Drive corrective actions and systematic process improvements to prevent factory escapes of defective hardware.
  • Contain non-conforming products and provide guidance to inspectors and technicians on quarantining and rework.
  • Create standard rework guides and optimize critical processes to support an autonomous production system.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years in a manufacturing, quality and/or design engineering role.
  • Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed.
  • U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee (or eligible for Department of State authorization).
  • Master’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or materials engineering (preferred).
  • Background in electrical engineering (preferred).
  • Programming experience in Python, C, or SQL with an emphasis on data analysis and automation (preferred).
  • Experience in consumer electronics, mobile handsets, medical devices, marine, aerospace, or automotive industries (preferred).

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