Reliability Engineer, Space Systems - On-Orbit Analytics

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP

Hawthorne (CA)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Stock options
Health insurance
Paid parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA, seeks a Reliability Engineer for Starshield to investigate, analyze, and track hardware reliability across the satellite constellation. You will collaborate with design, production, and operations engineers to drive improvements in reliability and design.

The role requires cross-functional teamwork, strong data-analysis capabilities, and experience with Python or SQL. SpaceX offers stock incentives, comprehensive benefits, retirement plans, and substantial paid time off.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, physics or similar STEM
  • 2+ years in hardware development, hardware troubleshooting or data analysis
  • 1+ year of Python or SQL experience

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and track on-orbit hardware failures for the Starshield satellite constellation
  • Drive root cause investigation for major on-orbit hardware anomalies
  • Work with engineers across electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, test and operations to eliminate failure sources
  • Develop tools to analyze data from on-orbit and ground testing to improve reliability
  • Improve the feedback loop from space using effective communication and automation

Skills

Python
SQL
Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM

Tools

HALT/HASS testing
Vibration testing

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA, seeks a Reliability Engineer for Starshield to investigate, analyze, and track hardware reliability across the satellite constellation. You will collaborate with design, production, and operations engineers to drive improvements in reliability and design.

The role requires cross-functional teamwork, strong data-analysis capabilities, and experience with Python or SQL. SpaceX offers stock incentives, comprehensive benefits, retirement plans, and substantial paid time off.

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