Flight Build Reliability Engineer (Falcon/Dragon)

Future Ventures; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options and long-term incentives

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer to guide hardware from design to production, collaborating with design and manufacturing teams to ensure reliability of flight components and assemblies. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, problem solving, and hands-on work on the factory floor, lab, and in office environments.

The ideal candidate brings lean quality experience, familiarity with quality tools, and a passion for improving reliability in cutting-edge aerospace tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics.
• 1+ years in a manufacturing, quality or design engineering role (student project team or internship qualifies).
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills; enthusiasm for innovation and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to create quality plans for flight hardware and inspections.
• Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes.
• Monitor product/process performance during ramp-up with quality tools.
• Conduct regular build quality reviews; identify risk reduction opportunities to improve manufacturability.
• Investigate production/test/flight failures and identify root causes to reduce risk.
• Contain non-conforming product and guide teams in quarantining and rework.
• Support Lean autonomous production with standard rework guides and process optimization.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Lean quality principles

Quality tools

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics

Master's degree in mechanical/aerospace/materials/electrical engineering

Tools

Lean principles

Measurement systems analysis

Design of experiments

Statistical process control

Root cause analysis

APQP

PFMEA

Metrology

Control plans

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer to guide hardware from design to production, collaborating with design and manufacturing teams to ensure reliability of flight components and assemblies. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, problem solving, and hands-on work on the factory floor, lab, and in office environments.

The ideal candidate brings lean quality experience, familiarity with quality tools, and a passion for improving reliability in cutting-edge aerospace tech.