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SpaceX · 2 days ago

Lead Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starlink Aviation)

Woodinville, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$125K/yr - $175K/yr

4+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and is seeking a Lead Hardware Reliability Engineer for the Starlink Aviation team. This role involves managing a team to ensure the reliability and quality of the Starlink Aviation product through various stages including design, manufacturing, and testing.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a small team of engineers, technicians, and specialists focused on end-to-end hardware reliability for Starlink Aviation (long-term reliability testing during NPI, build reliability during production, flight reliability in the fleet)

Develop the team by enabling opportunities suited to each member that align with the strategic goals of the Starlink Aviation program

Investigate hardware failures and anomalies in test, production, and the fleet. Identify and mitigate the immediate and underlying failure root causes to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes, ensuring major hardware concerns are escalated expeditiously and effectively and that appropriate resources are deployed using effective communication

Responsible for ensuring long-term product reliability of the designed hardware and ensuring that design requirements are adequately set to enable program goals and meet the reliability requirements of certification bodies

Responsible for creating tools and metrics to understand hardware performance in the fleet and leveraging the data to drive reliability improvements for future designs

Responsible for configuration management, change management, and risk management to enable highly reliability hardware

Responsible for operations of Starlink Aviation returns and root causing of returned hardware, driving design improvements based on data and feedback

Collaborate with multiple engineering disciplines, customers, and Starlink production to maximize reliability across all areas

Qualification

Reliability engineeringRoot cause analysisTeam leadershipManufacturing experienceQuality assuranceISO9001/AS9100 knowledgeProcess improvementData analysisLean principlesMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

3+ years of experience in a reliability, manufacturing, quality, test, and/or design engineering role

1+ years of experience leading an engineering team

Ability to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed

This role is based in Woodinville, WA and must be onsite. Remote work will not be considered

Ability to travel up to 25%

Preferred

Master's degree in an engineering discipline

3+ years of experience leading engineering teams leading a team of 5+

Demonstrated experience training and mentoring junior engineers

Demonstrated experience working in a highly adaptive and iterative environment

Ability to influence other organizations through strong engineering/business rationale and data

Ability to effectively organize, assign, and track work/deliverables

Ability to define scope of work independently and execute accordingly

Ability to identify and analyze production process improvements for rate and quality

Experience root causing PCB, PCBA and Electromechanical assemblies

Working experience in an ISO9001/AS9100 or equivalent quality system

Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem-solving approaches