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SpaceX · 3 months ago

Sr. Silicon and Package Reliability Engineer (Starshield)

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$130K/yr - $180K/yr

5+ years exp

SpaceX is a company focused on developing technologies for human exploration of Mars, leveraging its Starlink technology for national security efforts through Starshield. The Sr. Silicon and Package Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability of silicon and packaging products, developing and executing reliability tests, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to mitigate reliability risks.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Collaborate with design teams to ensure that reliability considerations are incorporated into the design process

Collaborate with Supply Chain Management to ensure supplier products meet our reliability requirements

Development and execution of reliability tests for silicon and package products, including but not limited to: High Temperature Operating Life (HTOL), Temperature Humidity Bias (THB), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), latch-up, and package-level reliability tests

Develop effective production screening to ensure parts meet reliability requirements

Evaluate failure analysis and coordinate destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure

Develop and maintain reliability models and simulations to predict product reliability and identify potential reliability risks

Able to analyze failure rates from reliability test results and develop failure prediction models

Qualification

Silicon reliability engineeringPackage reliability engineeringReliability modeling methodsStatistical techniquesAccelerated testing methodsSemiconductor physicsPython programmingReliability test developmentFailure analysis techniquesAnalytical skillsCommunicationProblem-solvingCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

Experience in silicon and package reliability engineering industry standards such as JEDEC, AEC, and IEC

5+ years of work experience reliability modeling methods to predict product life, and statistical techniques to analyze test data

5+ years of experience in semiconductor, package, and/or PCBA reliability

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Excellent understanding of accelerated testing methods, governing equations, and physics of failure for different failure mechanisms

Strong understanding of semiconductor physics

Working knowledge of a coding language, preferably Python

Experience with reliability test development and execution, and familiarity with failure analysis techniques (e.g. Scanning Electron Microscope, Confocal Scanning Acoustic Microscopy, Hotspot)

Adept in developing and analyzing reliability statistics, including Weibull Analysis

Familiarity with failure modes effects and criticality analysis, fault tree analysis (FTA), reliability block diagram analysis (RBD)

Experience with single event upset/multiple bit upset (SEU/MBU) analysis

Experience developing Monte Carlo simulations for material, process, manufacturing, environment, usage variations

Experience with life testing methods (HALT/HASS, ESS, ALT, RGT)

Active TS/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment