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Hardware Reliability Engineer, Components (Starshield)

Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads.

As a Hardware Reliability Engineer, you will support the design engineering community to produce higher reliability Electrical, Electronic, and Electro-mechanical/Electro-optical (EEE) components and systems. You will evaluate component quality and reliability, coordinate corrective action on failures, and impact all stages of design and production while interfacing with design engineers, manufacturing engineers, supply chain and production staff.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance for the Hardware and EEE Parts Reliability group
• Drive Avionics EEE piece part reliability issues and risk towards closure
• Apply reliability physics of failure models and reliability statistics to assess mission risk and develop accelerated tests to mitigate risks
• Lead reliability test planning, methodology, and execution
• Drive failure analysis processes for all failures discovered during testing
• Build reliability prediction models and finite element models to evaluate product functional performance over mission life
• Advise EEE designers on parts selection based on part reliability and manufacturing processes
• Interface with supply chain, design engineering, and production teams
• Evaluate failure analysis and coordinate destructive physical analysis investigations
• Analyze and model implementation options for electronics design for reliability, including material selections, PCB laminates, features, component attachment, solder chemistry, reflow profile, and underfill selections
• Advise on HALT/HASS testing and reliability assessments for PCBA testing
• Execute testing campaigns to assess hardware and component reliability

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or another STEM discipline
• 2+ years of experience in hardware development, hardware troubleshooting, or data analysis (internship, co-op, and extracurricular experiences are applicable)
• 1+ years of experience with Python or SQL

Preferred experience

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or data science
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role
• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C, or C++)
• Strong understanding of time series data analysis and reliability statistics
• Strong understanding of failure mechanisms for electronic, mechanical, or optical systems
• Experience leading failure investigations and root cause analysis
• Experience performing environmental tests such as HALT/HASS campaigns, thermal cycling, vibration and shock testing, space environment effects testing
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain one

Additional requirements

• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to meet mission-critical deadlines
• If you hold an active clearance and work on sensitive SpaceX missions, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing

Compensation

Pay Range: Level 1: $105,000 - $140,000 per year; Level 2: $120,000 - $170,000 per year. Base salary determined on a case-by-case basis based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

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, potential discretionary bonuses, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will receive comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You will accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Paid sick leave accrual follows company policy.

Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program.

ITAR requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.