Lead Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starlink Product)
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LEAD HARDWARE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (STARLINK PRODUCT)
As a Lead Hardware Reliability Engineer at SpaceX, you will play a key role in shaping and executing reliability test strategies for the Starlink User Terminal Kit. You will take ownership of product reliability across all kit components - including cables, power supplies, Wi-Fi-routers, user terminals, mounts and packaging - and lead qualification efforts to ensure new designs are ready for mass production. Your work will directly support Starlink's mission to deliver global satellite internet connectivity.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers focused on design reliability and product qualification for all components of the Starlink User Terminal Kit
- Allocate resources appropriately across several next generation product qualification campaigns to ensure appropriate coverage exists for test execution and troubleshooting failures
- Develop individual team members by enabling opportunities suited to each individual that align with the strategic goals of the Starlink Product program
- Develop and implement reliability test strategies for new products and their subcomponents to maximize field life and minimize early life failures
- Develop, implement, and validate test and inspection processes for new and existing products, ensuring that criteria are objective and that reliability goals are consistently met
- Design and execute novel environmental, RF, mechanical, and electrical testing techniques tailored to the product and its functions
- Automate reliability test initiatives and reporting using proper data visualization techniques and thorough knowledge of the product and its functions
- Define the ongoing reliability testing strategy to monitor the manufacturing process health and screen for long-term reliability defects caused by process and component variability
- Investigate failures in test, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
- Work closely with hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and product engineering teams maximize reliability across all disciplines and proactively influence current and future designs
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
- 2+ years of experience in an engineering role within design qualification, manufacturing, reliability test, or a production environment
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Master's degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, or aerospace engineering
- Experience with high-volume manufacturing
- 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 with both electronics and mechanical design and analysis including knowledge of RF principles
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- 2+ years in a leadership position leading a team of 5+ people
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and offsite as needed
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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- Location:
- Bastrop
