Production Reliability Engineer (Starship Electronics)

Hawthorne, CAfull time

On Site

mid

$95k–$115k

H1B: no

SpaceX Production Reliability Engineer for Starship Electronics at SpaceX responsible for developing and improving manufacturing processes for Starship electronics components. Designs factory stations and tooling to enhance capability, reduce cycle time, and improve yield.

Responsibilities

Develop, standardize, and continuously improve process chains required to deliver Starship electronics components
Design and deliver new factory stations and production assets, aimed at expanding capability, reducing cycle time, and improving yield
Design and deliver mechanical tooling required to build, test, and deliver avionics hardware. Tooling to include both custom mechanical tools (e.g. fixturing) as well as capital automation equipment
Develop design-for-manufacturing (DFM) guidelines and maintain a collaborative relationship with design engineering to co-design the product and factory
Act as an expert on low-cost, high-reliability manufacturing techniques for aerospace electro-mechanical components
Guide high-level vehicle architecture and requirements trade studies to reduce vehicle cost and ease of production
Analyze root cause and provide corrective actions for process escapes or process variability, including mechanical processes on the final assembly (e.g. fastener torque) and electrical processes on printed circuit boards (e.g. soldering)

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical

Required

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or industrial engineering
1+ years of manufacturing engineering experience via project team, research, internship, and/or professional experience

Preferred

Experience with sharing information and influencing others across organizational lines
Experience working both autonomously and as a team in a highly demanding environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to make presentations to engineering, team members, internal customers and management
Proficient in mechanical design tools and analysis, including but not limited to mechanical CAD, FEA, GD&T/drawing creation, and tolerance stack analysis
Experience with PCB fabrication or PCBA assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements
Experience with electro-mechanical assembly processes, equipment, and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements
Experience designing production systems for controllers, sensors, cameras, optics, or long-range RF communications, as demonstrated by successful fielding of multiple products
Experience with process failure modes and effects analysis (PFMEA), with demonstrated corrective actions to reduce process risk and increase process control

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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