Senior Electrical Hardware Reliability Lead

Starlink; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA. You will build and lead a dedicated reliability team, investigate failures, and improve PCBA robustness for government-focused Starshield hardware.

You will collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, and supply chain teams to drive program reliability, mentor engineers, and align priorities with production. An active clearance or ability to obtain one is required.

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 elevate 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

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Reliability engineering

Root cause investigations

Manufacturing experience

RF/mixed-signal experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or related engineering

Tools

Vector network analyzer

Spectrum analyzer

Oscilloscopes

Soldering equipment

HALT/HASS environmental testing

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA. You will build and lead a dedicated reliability team, investigate failures, and improve PCBA robustness for government-focused Starshield hardware.

You will collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, and supply chain teams to drive program reliability, mentor engineers, and align priorities with production. An active clearance or ability to obtain one is required.