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Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Reliability - Bastrop
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Mechanical Engineer focused on hardware reliability for Starlink, spanning mechanical, electrical, RF, software, and test. Works to bring hardware from concept to high-volume production, improves reliability on the factory floor and in test labs, and collaborates across hardware, software, manufacturing, and network engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement reliability test strategies for new products and their subcomponents to maximize field life and minimize early life failures
  • Develop, implement, and validate test and inspection processes for new and existing products and production processes, ensuring that criteria are objective and that reliability goals are consistently met
  • Design and execute novel environmental, RF, mechanical, and electrical testing techniques tailored to the product and its functions
  • Write test programs to exercise the functionality of the product over various conditions and environments
  • Automate reliability test initiatives and reporting using proper data visualization techniques and thorough knowledge of the product and its functions
  • Define the ongoing reliability testing strategy to monitor the manufacturing process and screen for long-term reliability defects caused by process and component variability
  • Monitor product and process quality through production ramp-up using a suite of analysis tools, and drive improvements to areas that are under-performing in terms of key quality metrics
  • Investigate failures in production and test, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
  • Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to production representatives and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities
  • Work closely with hardware, software, manufacturing, and network engineering teams to maximize reliability across all disciplines

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline
  • 1+ years of experience in test, analysis, manufacturing, or hardware development (internship and project experience is applicable)

Skills

Required:Reliability testingTest automationEnvironmental, RF, mechanical, electrical testingRoot cause analysis
Nice to have:Python, C, SQL
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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