What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starlink) position at SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP?
SR. HARDWARE RELIABILITY ENGINEER
The Sr. Reliability Engineer plays a critical role in supporting the design engineer community towards higher reliability EEE components and systems. This person ensures SpaceX can continue to use commercial electronics from a wide range of manufacturers. The Sr. Reliability Engineer is a key member that is involved with evaluating the quality and reliability of components for the design community. This engineer will also address unforeseen component issues / failures and bring appropriate groups together to drive work towards closure. This work impacts all stages of design and production and must interface with supply chain, design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and production.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Provide support for team leadership and technical guidance within and without 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 as well as to develop and 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 / 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 departments such as supply chain, design engineers, 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, including material selections; PCB laminates, features (vias, pad, stack up, etc.) specifications, finishes, component attach; solder chemistry, reflow profile underfill selections
- Advise on HALT / HASS testing and reliability assessments for PCBA testing
- Execute testing campaigns to assess reliability of hardware and components
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS :
Pay range : Hardware Reliability Engineer / Senior : $130,000.00 - $180,000.00 / 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, stock options, 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. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.
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Salary : $130,000 - $180,000
