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
Lead and hire a team of hardware reliability engineers supporting Starshield production
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to team members leading root cause: investigations of subassembly and process failures
Align goals and priorities with production and partner engineering teams to: achieve program reliability, yield, 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 improvements to products and processes that are not meeting design or: production requirements through data-driven decisions, using yield and defect monitoring to identify common failure modes
Lead containment activities for nonconforming hardware, including isolation: of suspect product, impact assessment, and coordination of disposition and recovery
What they're looking for
- Improve build processes, work instructions, and production documentation to: reduce defects and increase first-pass yield across assigned subassemblies
- Lead qualification of production processes for assigned subassemblies,: establishing process readiness before rate production
- Lead PFMEA reviews with manufacturing and design partners to identify process: risks, prioritize controls, and drive risk reduction
- Proactively escalate major hardware and process concerns, secure appropriate: resources, and maintain clear communication to drive timely resolution and team alignment
