Spacecraft Electronics Reliability Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Comprehensive medical, vision, dental

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Production Reliability Engineer (Starship Electronics) to drive reliability of electrical systems for the Starship spacecraft and SuperHeavy booster. You will lead failure analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective actions across PCBAs, electro-mechanical assemblies, and related components.

The role collaborates with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, performing environmental testing and ensuring reliability margins.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of experience in hardware development, failure analysis, or reliability engineering (internship and co-op experience qualifies).
• Experience with digital and mixed-signal designs, power electronics, or RF electronics using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and soldering equipment.
• Proficiency in programming languages (Python, C, or C++) for test automation and data analysis.
• Knowledge of quality tools such as root cause analysis, corrective action, PFMEA, and statistical methods.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed failure analysis of Starship electronics hardware, identifying root causes of failures and implementing corrective actions.
• Utilize design schematics, test equipment, and inspection processes to identify the physics of failure on PCBAs, electro-mechanical assemblies, and related components.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to improve product reliability, electrical design robustness, and manufacturing processes.
• Work closely with test engineers to maintain a close feedback loop, improving test assets, reducing false failures, and increasing test coverage to avoid escapes.
• Monitor yield rates and quality metrics, driving corrective actions to address non-conforming products and process variability.
• Conduct benchtop and environmental testing to validate product robustness and reliability margins.
• Support production and field operations by providing technical guidance on failure resolution, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
• Maintain thorough documentation of failure analysis findings, test results, and corrective actions.
• Apply reliability mindset to electrical design reviews, including derating, DFX, and risk reduction.

Skills

Python

C

C++

Root cause analysis

Test automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering discipline

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Digital multimeters

Power supplies

Soldering equipment

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a Production Reliability Engineer (Starship Electronics) to drive reliability of electrical systems for the Starship spacecraft and SuperHeavy booster. You will lead failure analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective actions across PCBAs, electro-mechanical assemblies, and related components.

The role collaborates with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, performing environmental testing and ensuring reliability margins.