Senior Hardware Reliability Lead - Starlink Systems

SpaceX; Texas; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starlink. You will own reliability from factory to field, guiding a team, setting strategy, and coordinating with design, manufacturing, and field operations to minimize failures and downtime.

You will drive qualification strategies, perform root cause investigations, and ensure ISO quality standards while advancing product life and field performance across Starlink hardware such as terminals, routers, power supplies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar field with relevant discipline.
• Experience in design qualification, manufacturing, hardware reliability, or production.
• Leadership experience managing 3+ engineers for at least 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers focused on hardware reliability and field performance for Starlink hardware.
• Allocate resources across product qualification, production reliability, and field investigations.
• Develop team growth plans and partner with design, software, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
• Drive reliability testing, data analysis, and reporting to improve decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Hardware reliability

RF engineering

Test & qualification

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis & visualization

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree (preferred) in electrical, mechanical, materials, manufacturing, aerospace

Tools

PCB / PCBA

Environmental testing

ISO 9001 / AS9100 experience

Telemetry data analysis

Debugging hardware

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starlink. You will own reliability from factory to field, guiding a team, setting strategy, and coordinating with design, manufacturing, and field operations to minimize failures and downtime.

You will drive qualification strategies, perform root cause investigations, and ensure ISO quality standards while advancing product life and field performance across Starlink hardware such as terminals, routers, power supplies