Build Reliability Engineer — Avionics & Production

Spacex; Hawthorne, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Stock options or equity potential

Employee discounts and perks

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer (Build Reliability) in Hawthorne, CA. You will drive reliability from design to production, collaborating with design, test and manufacturing to ensure avionics parts and assemblies meet stringent reliability goals.

You will apply Lean, MSA, DOE, SPC and RCA techniques to reduce risk and improve manufacturability, with hands-on work on the factory floor, lab, and in production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering with strong fundamentals in quality and reliability.
• Experience applying Lean, MSA, DOE, SPC, RCA and PFMEA in manufacturing.
• Proven ability to improve reliability of avionics or electromechanical assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design, test and manufacturing to ensure component/assembly reliability.
• Track yield, escapes, and feed lessons learned into new product introductions.
• Develop and validate lean test/inspection processes with objective criteria.
• Monitor product/process success during ramp-up with quality tools.
• Lead regular build quality reviews to reduce risk and improve manufacturability.
• Investigate production/test/flight failures to quantify and reduce risk.
• Use schematics/test equipment to perform structured electrical root cause analysis.
• Perform gage R&R studies to validate test systems for product acceptance.
• Contain non-conforming product and guide quality inspectors and shop staff.
• Support shop floor continuous improvement and lean autonomous production.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

PCBAs troubleshooting

Electromechanical assemblies

Lean principles

Measurement systems analysis

Design of experiments

Statistical process control

Root cause analysis

APQP

Metrology

PFMEA

Control plans

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Test equipment

Schematic diagrams

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer (Build Reliability) in Hawthorne, CA. You will drive reliability from design to production, collaborating with design, test and manufacturing to ensure avionics parts and assemblies meet stringent reliability goals.

You will apply Lean, MSA, DOE, SPC and RCA techniques to reduce risk and improve manufacturability, with hands-on work on the factory floor, lab, and in production environments.