SpaceX Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer for Starshield responsible for troubleshooting and failure investigations of satellite hardware. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and longevity of PCBAs.
Responsibilities
Responsible for troubleshooting, root cause, failure investigations, and corrective actions for Starshield production non-conforming hardware
Utilize design schematics, test equipment, and inspection processes to identify the physics of the failure
Take extreme ownership in containing suspect or known non-conforming products, driving root cause investigation progress and providing regular updates to technicians, production leadership, and engineering to assist in quarantine and rework activities
Drive corrective action to products not meeting design specifications through data driven decisions using yield and defect monitoring to identify common failure modes
Work closely with the respective test engineers for your products to keep a close feedback loop improving test assets to reduce false failures and increase test coverage
Maximize return on investment for test and inspection processes, determining where to apply lean process checks which ensure that criteria are objective and that reliability goals are consistently met
Identify areas for electrical design and manufacturing improvements through new product development cycles, improving final yield by applying best practices to designs and establishing repeatable process control
Maintain thorough documentation of failure analysis findings, test results, and corrective actions
Collaborate with on-orbit reliability team, driving timely improvements to production through on-orbit investigation findings
Provide mentorship and guidance to more junior engineers on the team
Serve as technical expert in electronics manufacturing processes to challenge requirements and steer the department towards value added testing
Qualification
5+ years in hardware developmentExperience with RF test equipment (eProficiency in programming languages (e
Required
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or other engineering discipline
5+ years in hardware development, failure analysis, or reliability engineering
2+ years of experience with electrical test equipment (e.g., multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers) used to verify hardware functionality
Preferred
Master’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent engineering discipline
8+ 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
PCBA fabrication experience (familiar with solder, flux, underfill, staking, reflow, temperature control, etc.)
Experience with environmental testing such as HALT/HASS, thermal, vibration, and TVAC
Experience with RF test equipment (e.g. vector network analyzer, spectrum analyzer) and concepts such as S-parameters, impedance matching, and antenna designs
Proficiency in programming languages (e.g. Python, SQL, C, C++)
