Design Reliability Engineer - System Safety Verified today
About Nova
Stoke Space is building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle designed for daily flight. By reducing launch costs and increasing flight cadence, Nova tackles the core challenges of space transportation.
The Role
As Design Reliability Engineer focused on system safety, you will be a key player integrating teams and products across all areas of the Nova launch system. You will define processes and tools to perform system safety and reliability analyses, work closely with engineers across the Nova team on vehicle stages and subsystems, and facilitate cross-disciplinary action to improve system reliability.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop processes, tools, and templates for performing FHA, FMECA, FTA, and HAZOP analyses
- Lead the overall effort for system safety analyses for the Nova team, and partner with responsible engineers across the system to complete analyses for their products
- Identify problems and propose solutions to improve Nova launch system reliability, including novel solutions that improve system-level reliability without adding design complexity
- Estimate component-level quantitative reliability and determine overall probability of various vehicle functional failure modes using FTA and FMECA outputs
- Communicate analysis results with external entities including FAA, Space Force, launch service customers, and others
- Partner with other Design Reliability Engineers and Nova product development teams to facilitate communication between teams, negotiate interfaces, and identify and manage interdisciplinary design risks
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or similar field
- 5+ years of experience in an engineering role on a complex product requiring high performance, high reliability, and rapid development process
- Exceptional command of fundamentals of system safety
- Proficiency working with interdisciplinary technical teams, including mechanical, electrical, and software engineers
- Attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to lead and follow
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in aerospace engineering or similar field
- Experience with system safety standards and methods per MIL-STD-882E
- Experience with launch and/or reentry licensing with the FAA per 14 CFR Part 450
Compensation
Target salary ranges by level:
- Level 3: $129,150 - $193,620
- Level 4: $151,305 - $252,105
- Level 5: $176,505 - $327,810
Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options for all full-time employees
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance (subsidized)
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 4 weeks' Paid Time Off
- 10 paid holidays (including end-of-year closure)
- Paid Parental Leave
- On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
- Dog friendly offices
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.