Lead Hardware Reliability Engineer - Space/RF Systems

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starlink to own the hardware reliability strategy from design to field. You will lead a high-visibility team, set ownership plans, and drive improvements across the product lifecycle, while communicating findings to senior leadership.

You will partner with hardware, software, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to proactively improve designs, reduce field failures, and meet ISO standards and program goals.

Qualifications

• Lead hardware reliability team for Starlink hardware and field performance.
• Coordinate with hardware design, software, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of engineers and specialists focused on hardware reliability and field performance for Starlink hardware.
• Allocate resources across product qualification campaigns and field investigations to ensure coverage, timely execution, and rapid troubleshooting.
• Develop individual team members through mentorship, ownership, and growth aligned with program goals.
• Partner with hardware design, software, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to influence designs and improve reliability across the lifecycle.
• Technical Scope: Manage investigations with tight timelines stemming from test, production or field findings affecting customers.
• Develop and execute reliability qualification strategies for new and existing products for high-volume manufacturing readiness.
• Design and execute environmental, mechanical, electrical, RF, and system-level testing to qualify design changes.
• Automate reliability test execution, data analysis, and reporting to improve speed and decision-making.
• Define ongoing reliability testing and monitoring to assess process health and long-term risks.
• Define and monitor critical hardware and performance field metrics to identify reliability shortcomings.

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starlink to own the hardware reliability strategy from design to field. You will lead a high-visibility team, set ownership plans, and drive improvements across the product lifecycle, while communicating findings to senior leadership.

You will partner with hardware, software, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to proactively improve designs, reduce field failures, and meet ISO standards and program goals.