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Reliability Engineer (Starlink/Akoustis)

SpaceX· Akoustis
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Reliability Engineer supporting Akoustis operations as a SpaceX subsidiary, focusing on reliability of mechanical and electrical hardware for Starlink/Akoustis programs, with hands-on exposure to factory floor and test lab to improve hardware reliability and user experience.

Responsibilities

  • Perform hands-on failure analysis to drive root-cause and corrective action of production, test, and on-orbit failures to ultimately improve product reliability, quality, and factory throughput
  • Develop, validate, and implement production processes for existing and next-gen hardware with objective of maintaining consistent quality and high throughput
  • Create data analysis programs to identify production yield, failure rates, and implement statistical process controls
  • Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction, and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability
  • Determine the appropriate Quality Management System requirements around traceability, non-conformance, and configuration management for the program
  • Define and develop the product qualification’s reliability test plan, monitor, testing, and reporting
  • Define ongoing reliability testing strategy to monitor the manufacturing process health, and screen for long-term reliability defects caused by process and component variability

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physics
  • 1+ years of high-volume semiconductor test or manufacturing experience (internship experience is applicable)

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physicsHigh-volume semiconductor test or manufacturing experienceCross-functional collaboration
Nice to have:Failure analysis tools (FIB, SEM/EDX, ion cross section, network analyzer)Data analysis and statistical process controlAnalytical decision-making
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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