Reliability Design Engineer

6 days ago


Hawthorne, California, United States SpaceX Full time
Design Reliability Engineer

At SpaceX, we're pushing the boundaries of space exploration and development. As a Design Reliability Engineer, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the success of our missions by developing and implementing design criteria and reliability approaches for our flight hardware and operations.

Responsibilities:
Ensure that the SpaceX design process and design criteria/requirements are being followed for flight, launch, and recovery systems
Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews, and of acceptance and qualification test campaigns
Develop design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches for new systems
Setup new processes to enable reliable aircraft-like operations of launch vehicles and spacecraft
Drive improvements to vehicle design by being closely integrated with hardware teams
Review vehicle changes to ensure all hardware and operations are qualified
Develop specialized design and analysis tools for other engineering groups

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
2+ years of professional experience in an engineering role

Preferred Skills and Experience:
Master's degree in an engineering discipline
Hardware experience performing fabrication, assembly, and/or testing - can be in a professional, academic, or recreational setting
Experience with aircraft, launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems
Experience with at least one commercial FEA package (NASTRAN, ABAQUS, or ANSYS)
Hardware ownership on an award-winning engineering project or competition team (FSAE, Design-Build-Fly, NASA Student Launch, etc.)
Experience with electromechanical system design, analysis, testing, and fabrication for use in high-performance or safety critical applications
Hands on experience with various industry standard manufacturing tools, techniques and processes, including mills, lathes, electronics assembly, composite layup, etc.
Experience with material selection and make vs. buy decisions for system components
Scripting and data analysis experience using Visual Basic, Matlab, Python and Excel

Additional Requirements:
Must be available to work long hours and weekends as necessary

Compensation and Benefits:
Pay Range
Design Reliability Engineer/Level I: $95,000 - $115,000/per year
Design Reliability Engineer/Level II: $110, $130,000.00/per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
It 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.

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 notify the Human Resources Department

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