SpaceX Sr. Equipment Reliability Engineer at SpaceX leads equipment reliability programs to maximize production equipment availability for Starship. The role involves root cause analysis, predictive maintenance, and cross-functional coordination.
Responsibilities
Own equipment improvement plans for maintenance strategies and equipment availability to maximize production equipment availability
Define, develop, and refine equipment reliability programs that include:
Preventive maintenance tasks performed by machine operators and experienced maintenance technicians
Comprehensive BOM development and selection of critical spare parts
Integration of existing equipment into SpaceX Internet of Things (IoT) to enable real time performance monitoring
Design and integration of new sensors onto machines to set predictive and condition-based monitoring triggers
Iterative design improvements
Develop engineering solutions to repetitive or high consequence failures on critical equipment through Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Conduct Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to create proactive reliability programs for critical equipment
Coordinate cross-functionally to drive process improvements, design iterations and complete equipment overhauls
Integrate with internal tooling, automation and production teams to ensure maintainability of design is incorporated into new internally designed equipment
Develop and implement maintenance and reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive equipment improvements and organizational efficiency
Qualification
1+ years of experience in manufacturingDeveloped understanding of mechanical
Required
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
1+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or operations
Preferred
5+ years of experience in a maintenance engineering role and reliability in a high-volume manufacturing, testing or operational environment
Hands-on experience with equipment control systems, machinery, tooling and industrial automation
Developed understanding of mechanical, fluid, and electrical component functions
Experience using Microsoft SQL and PowerBI
Ability to read and understand equipment schematics, P&ID, GD&T and OEM manuals
Familiarity with aerospace manufacturing and test equipment; CNC, SMT, 3D printing, robotics, tooling, furnaces, chillers, etc.
Experience working with CMMS programs such as Maximo, SAP, Infor
Basic understanding of maintenance and reliability KPIs; OEE, MTBF, MTTR
