Equipment Reliability Engineer (Starship)

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading space technology company is seeking an Equipment Reliability Engineer to own and improve maintenance strategies and equipment reliability programs. This role includes defining preventive maintenance tasks and conducting analyses to enhance equipment performance. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and experience in manufacturing or operations. Join the mission to enable human life on Mars with innovative equipment solutions. This position offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or operations.
• 5+ years of experience in a maintenance engineering role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own equipment improvement plans for maintenance strategies.
• Define and develop equipment reliability programs.
• Conduct Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
• Integrate existing equipment into performance monitoring.

Skills

Equipment improvement plans

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Preventive maintenance

Microsoft SQL

PowerBI

Education

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

Equipment control systems

Industrial automation

Job description

Equipment Reliability Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY ENGINEER (STARSHIP)>

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own equipment improvement plans for maintenance strategies and equipment availability to maximize production equipment availability
• Define, develop, and refine equipment reliability programs that include:
• Preventive maintenance tasks performed by machine operators and experienced maintenance technicians
• Comprehensive BOM development and selection of critical spare parts
• Integration of existing equipment into SpaceX Internet of Things (IoT) to enable real time performance monitoring
• Design and integration of new sensors onto machines to set predictive and condition-based monitoring triggers
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive or high consequence failures on critical equipment through Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Conduct Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to create proactive reliability programs for critical equipment
• Coordinate cross-functionally to drive process improvements, design iterations and complete equipment overhauls
• Integrate with internal tooling, automation and production teams to ensure maintainability of design is incorporated into new internally designed equipment
• Develop and implement maintenance and reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive equipment improvements and organizational efficiency
• Support onboarding and commissioning of newly purchased or fabricated equipment; release reliability programs prior to equipment entering production
• Provide technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel
• Manage production requests for asset improvements and data collection

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or operations

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of experience in a maintenance engineering role and reliability in a high-volume manufacturing, testing or operational environment
• Hands-on experience with equipment control systems, machinery, tooling and industrial automation
• Developed understanding of mechanical, fluid, and electrical component functions
• Experience using Microsoft SQL and PowerBI??Wait I realize the list is incomplete...**