Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starshield)

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed failure analysis of Starshield satellite hardware, identifying root causes of failures and implementing corrective actions
• Utilize design schematics, test equipment, and inspection processes to identify the physics of the failure
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to improve product reliability and manufacturing processes
• Work closely with the respective test engineers for your products to keep a close feedback loop improving test assets, to reduce false failures, and to increase test coverage to avoid escapes
• Maintain thorough documentation of failure analysis findings, test results, and corrective actions
• Monitor yield rates and quality metrics, driving corrective actions to address non-conforming products
• Conduct benchtop environmental testing to validate product robustness
• Support production and field operations by providing technical guidance on failure resolution and process improvements

Requirements

• 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)

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent engineering discipline
• 3+ years of industry experience working with electronic hardware
• Experience with digital and mixed-signal designs, power electronics, or RF electronics using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and soldering equipment
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting and root causing electrical hardware failures
• Experience with environmental testing such as HALT/HASS, thermal, vibration, and TVAC
• Proficiency in programming languages (such as Python, C, or C++) for test automation and data analysis
• Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, and corrective action
• Experience developing or supporting any of the following products/processes: Analog, digital, and mixed signal circuit testing, RF hardware testing, Design for excellence (DFX), derating, and related analyses, Digital communications interfaces including SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, and RS422, Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Additional Requirements

• Able to work extended hours and weekends as needed to support critical path development and/or critical on-orbit operations
• An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol test

Pay Range

Pay Range: Level 1: $105,000.00 - $122,500.00
Level 2: $120,000.00 - $150,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.