Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Build Reliability)

SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA

  • Junior
  • Full-time
  • $115,000 – $140,000
  • Posted 2026-10-20
  • Confirmed live on 10 November 2026

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Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, HARDWARE RELIABILITY (BUILD RELIABILITY)

The Build and Hardware Reliability organization at SpaceX is an inclusive, inter-disciplinary team that is committed to the reliability of flight components and production assemblies. Your breadth of exposure as a Hardware Reliability Engineer will be immense as you collaborate with other core groups at SpaceX, guiding the hardware from design to production and operation. You use data to understand the factors that drive reliability, and support quality objectives in design and development teams to drive improvements in reliability in manufacturing, test and flight. You have the ability to dive deep on the details to identify, understand and solve difficult technical problems and also utilize a system level approach to prioritize issues for the vehicle as a whole. You thrive in a hands-on environment and will spend time in the office, on the factory floor, and in the lab to execute on the mission to make humanity interplanetary.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform detailed failure analysis of avionics hardware, identifying root causes of failures and implementing corrective actions in order to quantify/reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes

• Utilize schematics, test equipment, inspection processes, etc. to perform structured electrical root cause analysis of failures identified during the development and production processes to inform design/manufacturing changes

• Partner with design, test, and manufacturing through hardware development and production to ensure the reliability of Avionics parts (i.e. flight controllers, signal front-ends, sensors, RF, power systems, solar arrays, wire harnessing, etc.)

• Work closely with test engineers to maintain a close feedback loop, improving test assets, reducing false failures, and increasing test coverage to avoid escapes

• Support production and field operations by providing technical guidance on failure resolution, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements

• Responsible for tracking yield, test/inspection escapes, and ensuring past failures and lessons learned are incorporated into new product development

• Develop, implement and validate lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that quality goals are consistently met

• Partner with design, test, and manufacturing through product development and production to ensure the reliability of Avionics parts (i.e. controllers, RIOs, sensors, RF, power systems, solar arrays, wire harnessing, etc.)

• Responsible for tracking yield, test/inspection escapes, and ensuring past failures and lessons learned are incorporated into NPI

• Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that quality goals are consistently met

• Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up using a suite of quality and analysis tools

• Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability, collaborating with integrated product teams to drive improvements and address high-impact and repeating non-conformances

• Investigate failures in production, test and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to quantify/reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes

• Utilize schematics, test equipment, inspection processes, etc. to perform structured electrical root cause analysis of failures identified during the development and production processes to inform design/manufacturing changes

• Perform gage repeatability and reproducibility studies to validate test systems used for product acceptance

• Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities

• Support the shop floor in continuous improvement and the advancing of a Lean, autonomous production system through creation of standard rework/repair guides, removal of redundant or unnecessary inspection, and improved control and optimization of critical processes

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering

• 1+ years in a manufacturing, quality and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies)

• 1+ years in hardware development, failure analysis, manufacturing, and/or quality engineering r

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