The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Own qualification and test of new electrical designs and SMT manufacturing lines for high volume production
Perform hands-on debugging to drive to root cause and corrective action of: failed phased-array antenna, Wi-Fi router, power supply PCBAs, and cables. Failures may be observed in test, production, or the field
Utilize advanced diagnostic tools such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers,: x-ray machines, logic analyzers, and custom firmware scripts to root cause electronics
Develop tools and identify equipment to enhance the team’s capabilities in swiftly root causing electronics
Run hardware failure investigations under high pressure, coordinating efforts: across multiple teams, and communicating findings to leadership
Run data analyses on telemetry to further understand the failure landscape
What they're looking for
- Drive design and process changes to improve the reliability of the hardware: based on test, production, or field failures
- Perform electrical bench testing and develop engineering models of failures: to replicate and inform mitigation of anomalies
- Drive root cause of PCBA production yield issues and prevent factory escapes of defective hardware
- Document failure modes and use data to continually improve reliability