Build Reliability Engineer - Aerospace Manufacturing

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX, a leader in aerospace, is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer (Starship). You will join an interdisciplinary team developing global manufacturing procedures, focusing on reliability, quality, and scalable production on the shop floor.

Responsibilities include creating robust processes for manufacturing, assembly, welding, NDE, and inspection, plus tooling design and training, while driving continuous improvement and risk management across the fleet.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering field as listed.
• 1+ years in manufacturing, quality, and/or design engineering.
• Hands-on experience with aerospace components or similar high-rate environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkouts processes from the ground up.
• Design and implement tooling for testing, fixtures, lifting, rigging, and fluids.
• Define and document inspection requirements and procedures.
• Create training for production and inspection processes.
• Write plans and data collection methods to ensure quality at increasing production volumes.
• Contain non-conforming hardware with cross-functional teams to drive root-cause fixes.
• Collaborate with design to improve DFM and adapt processes to design intent.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Quality engineering

Design engineering

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, materials, manufacturing, chemical, electrical engineering or engineering physics

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

SQL

Power BI

Job description

SpaceX, a leader in aerospace, is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer (Starship). You will join an interdisciplinary team developing global manufacturing procedures, focusing on reliability, quality, and scalable production on the shop floor.

Responsibilities include creating robust processes for manufacturing, assembly, welding, NDE, and inspection, plus tooling design and training, while driving continuous improvement and risk management across the fleet.