EEE Component Reliability Engineer Verified today
EEE Component Reliability Engineer
You will play a critical role supporting SpaceX's design engineer community in qualifying higher-reliability EEE components, avionics, and systems. You will ensure SpaceX can confidently use commercial electronics from diverse manufacturers and manage robust qualification of custom silicon through planning, executing, and documenting reliability testing.
Your work spans all stages of design and production, requiring you to interface with supply chain, design and test engineers, manufacturing engineers, and production teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead component reliability test planning, methodology and execution
- Drive piece part reliability issues and risk towards closure
- Conduct analysis processes for all failures discovered during reliability testing
- Build reliability prediction models and Finite Element Models to evaluate product functional performance over mission life conditions
- Interface with SpaceX departments including supply chain, design and test engineering, and production/manufacturing
- Evaluate failure analysis and coordinate destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure
- Execute testing campaigns to assess reliability of hardware and components
Basic Qualifications
- BS in Electrical Engineering or related field
- 3+ years of experience in semiconductor product engineering or reliability
- 1+ years of work experience with reliability testing methodologies (JEDEC/AEC-Q100)
- Experience with embedded C programming
Preferred Skills and Experience
- MS in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Familiarity building HTOL hardware/software and execution of reliability testing of semiconductor products
- Experience using bench tools for electrical analysis (oscilloscopes, waveform generators, SMUs)
- Familiarity with semiconductor ATE testing and bench analysis
- Experience with life testing methods (HALT/HASS, HTOL, ESS, JEDEC, AEC-Q100)
- Familiarity with reliability statistics, including Weibull Analysis
- Familiarity with FEA and PCB Design Analysis capability (Sherlock/ANSYS or alternative)
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
Additional Requirements
- Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Compensation
Pay Range:
Level 1: $105,000 - $145,000
Level 2: $120,000 - $175,000
Base salary is one part of your total rewards package. You may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Benefits include comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage; access to a 401(k) retirement plan; short and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; paid parental leave; 3 weeks of paid vacation; 10 or more paid holidays per year; and various discounts and perks. Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law. Company shuttles are offered for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.