Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer — Starshield

SpaceX; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Medical, vision, dental

Job summary

SpaceX in El Segundo, California seeks a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield to build and lead a reliability team focused on PCBAs and hardware failures.

You will collaborate across electrical, mechanical, software, and supply chain to drive root-cause investigations, implement durable solutions, and align with production to meet reliability and rate objectives. This role offers challenging R&D work and exposure to government-oriented programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in hardware development, failure analysis, or reliability engineering (internships and co-ops acceptable).
• 1+ years of experience leading a project, team, or people.
• Active Top Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one, preferred.
• Able to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and hire a team of electrical hardware reliability engineers supporting Starshield production.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members leading root cause investigations of electrical hardware.
• Align goals and priorities with production and partner engineering teams to achieve program reliability and rate objectives.
• Collaborate with team members to create personalized career growth plans that build technical capabilities.
• Drive corrective action to products not meeting design specifications through data driven decisions using yield and defect monitoring to identify common failure modes.
• Proactively elevate major hardware concerns, secure resources, and maintain clear communication to drive timely resolution and team alignment.
• Maintain thorough documentation of failure analysis findings, test results, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with on-orbit reliability team, driving timely improvements to production through on-orbit investigation findings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering discipline

Tools

Oscilloscope

Signal generator

Digital multimeter

Power supply

Soldering equipment

Vector network analyzer

Spectrum analyzer

Job description

SpaceX in El Segundo, California seeks a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield to build and lead a reliability team focused on PCBAs and hardware failures.

You will collaborate across electrical, mechanical, software, and supply chain to drive root-cause investigations, implement durable solutions, and align with production to meet reliability and rate objectives. This role offers challenging R&D work and exposure to government-oriented programs.