Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA. You will build and manage a team of reliability engineers focused on improving PCBAs through fault analysis, data-driven decisions, and cross-functional collaboration with production, mechanical, software, and supply chain teams.

You will mentor engineers, drive corrective actions for design-spec noncompliance, and document findings; contribute to on-orbit reliability improvements and cutting-edge

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.

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 their technical capabilities and accelerate progress toward their professional goals.
• Drive corrective action to products not meeting design specifications through data driven decisions using yield and defect monitoring to identify common failure modes.
• Proactively escalate major hardware concerns, secure appropriate 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 thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Root cause analysis

PCBAs

Data-driven decisions

Manufacturing experience

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering

Bachelor’s degree in physics

Engineering discipline

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Digital multimeters

Power supplies

Soldering equipment

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA. You will build and manage a team of reliability engineers focused on improving PCBAs through fault analysis, data-driven decisions, and cross-functional collaboration with production, mechanical, software, and supply chain teams.

You will mentor engineers, drive corrective actions for design-spec noncompliance, and document findings; contribute to on-orbit reliability improvements and cutting-edge