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Build Reliability Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX· Starship Build Reliability Engineering
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Build Reliability Engineer responsible for developing and optimizing manufacturing, integration, and build processes for Starship, delivering reliability across fabrication, inspection, tooling, data analysis, and process improvement to manage build-induced vehicle risk.

Responsibilities

  • Develop manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkouts processes from the ground up, then enforce consistency across different work centers.
  • Design and implement tooling for work access, mechanical/avionics/propulsion testing, build fixturing, lifting & rigging, and fluids.
  • Define and document inspection requirements and procedures.
  • Create training for production and inspection processes.
  • Author planning, test plans, and training to execute processes and collect data, ensuring efficient and stable quality at increasing production volumes.
  • Contain non-conforming hardware in collaboration with quality, production, and design groups to ensure systemic issues are corrected, and risk is managed for the fleet.
  • Work closely with design teams to improve DFM and requirement fulfillment. Aggressively modify requirements and manufacturing process where design intent and production rate are incompatible.
  • Conduct build quality reviews to identify repeat and high impact issues. Drive corrective action within and outside of your work center.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or engineering physics.
  • 1+ years in manufacturing, quality, and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies).

Skills

Required:Bachelor's degree in engineering (various disciplines)manufacturing and design engineering experience
Nice to have:DFM (Design for Manufacturability)Tooling design3D CAD softwareWelding/NDT techniquesSQL/Power BIHands-on shop floor experienceMetallic manufacturing techniquesInterpersonal skills
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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