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Hardware Reliability Engineer, Components (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield Satellite Engineering
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Hawthorne, CA$105k - $170kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Hardware Reliability Engineer role focused on evaluating quality and reliability of electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical/electro-optical components for SpaceX Starshield, interfacing with design, manufacturing, supply chain, and production to drive corrective actions and reliability improvements across design and production stages.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support for team leadership and technical guidance for the Hardware and EEE Parts Reliability group
  • Drive Avionics EEE piece part reliability issues and risk towards closure
  • Use reliability physics of failure models and reliability statistics to assess risk levels to the mission, and develop/implement accelerated tests to mitigate risks and qualify designs
  • Lead reliability test planning, methodology, and execution
  • Drive 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
  • Advise EEE designers on parts selection based on part reliability and manufacturing processes
  • Interface with SpaceX groups such as supply chain, design engineering, and production/manufacturing
  • Evaluate failure analysis and coordinate destructive physical analysis investigations to provide corrective actions and paths to closure
  • Analyze and model implementation options to inform electronics design for reliability (materials, PCB laminates, vias, pad, stack up, finishes, attachment, solder chemistry, reflow, underfill)
  • Advise on HALT/HASS testing and reliability assessments for PCBA testing
  • Execute testing campaigns to assess reliability of hardware and components

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 (internships, co-ops, or extracurriculars applicable)
  • 1+ years of experience with Python or SQL

Skills

Required:Reliability engineeringPart selection and design for reliabilityReliability testing and analysisPython or SQL

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid vacation and holidays (3 weeks vacation; 10+ holidays)
  • Employee stock plan options and potential bonuses
  • Discounts and perks
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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