Align goals and priorities with production and partner engineering teams to achieve program reliability, yield, and rate objectives
Collaborate with team members to create personalized career growth plans that build their technical capabilities and accelerate progress toward their professional goals
Drive improvements to products and processes that are not meeting design or production requirements through data-driven decisions, using yield and defect monitoring to identify common failure modes
Lead containment activities for nonconforming hardware, including isolation of suspect product, impact assessment, and coordination of disposition and recovery
Improve build processes, work instructions, and production documentation to reduce defects and increase first-pass yield across assigned subassemblies
Lead qualification of production processes for assigned subassemblies, establishing process readiness before rate production
Lead PFMEA reviews with manufacturing and design partners to identify process risks, prioritize controls, and drive risk reduction
Proactively escalate major hardware and process concerns, secure appropriate resources, and maintain clear communication to drive timely resolution and team alignment
Maintain thorough documentation of failure analysis findings, process investigations, test results, and corrective actions
Collaborate with the on-orbit reliability team, driving timely improvements to production through on-orbit investigation findings
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, process engineering, materials science, or other engineering discipline
3+ years of experience in hardware development, manufacturing process engineering, failure analysis, or reliability engineering
1+ years of experience leading a project, team, or people
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Strong analytical skills with an excellent ability to communicate and collaborate with partners in all disciplines at multiple levels in the organization
Demonstrated ability to advocate for and implement robust solutions that stand the test of time
Experience deploying large-scale and/or high-impact solutions in a manufacturing environment
Experience improving manufacturing processes, work instructions, and production documentation to increase yield and reduce defects
Experience leading containment, material review, or nonconformance response for production hardware
Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: PCBA production, battery assembly, solar array manufacturing, pressure vessels or tanks, or electromechanical assemblies (actuators, reaction wheels, torque rods, star trackers, or similar)
Demonstrated experience troubleshooting and root causing hardware or process failures
Experience with statistical process control, process capability analysis, yield analysis, and defect Pareto methods
Familiarity with manufacturing process controls such as soldering, bonding, welding, torque, cleanliness, leak/pressure testing, or similar process-critical operations
Experience with environmental testing such as HALT/HASS, thermal, vibration, and TVAC
Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance, or the ability and willingness to obtain one
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol test.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Pay range
Lead: $155,000.00 - $215,000.00/per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.
