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Full-Time

Build Reliability Engineer

Starship

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SpaceX

SpaceX

10,001+ employees

Designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft

Aerospace
Consumer Goods

Compensation Overview

$95k - $130kAnnually

+ Long-term incentives + Discretionary bonuses + Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Entry, Junior

Brownsville, TX, USA

US Citizenship Required

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Site Reliability Engineering
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or engineering physics
  • 1+ years in a manufacturing, quality, and/or design engineering role (student project team or internship experience qualifies)
Responsibilities
  • Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams through vehicle development to create quality plans for hardware, including identification of key characteristics, prototype testing for functionality and manufacturability, defining first article inspection requirements, and consideration of past failures and lessons learned
  • Collaborate with production to define and introduce controls and automation into specialized manufacturing processes and associated planning to reliably reduce post-process inspections and/or enable sample inspection plans
  • Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors, and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities
  • Investigate failures in production, test, and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve the reliability of designs and processes
  • Determine the appropriate Quality Management System requirements around traceability, non-conformance, and configuration management for the program and work with software teams to build and test the applications to enforce said requirements
  • Develop, implement, and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and processes, ensuring that criteria are objective and that quality goals are consistently met
  • Confirm operational safety precautions are considered and identified per area planning standards
  • Perform measurement system analysis (MSA, Gage R&R) to validate inspection systems used for acceptance of development hardware.
  • 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

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft, primarily serving the commercial spaceflight market. Their main products include the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, which are used for launching satellites, and the Dragon spacecraft, which transports cargo and crew to the International Space Station. SpaceX's unique approach includes the development of reusable rockets, which lowers the cost of space travel, making it more accessible to a variety of clients, including government agencies and private companies. Additionally, they are working on the Starlink project, a satellite internet constellation aimed at providing global broadband coverage. SpaceX's goal is to revolutionize space technology and enable human life on other planets.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.2B

Headquarters

Hawthorne, California

Founded

2002

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

16%

2 year growth

40%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • SpaceX's pioneering technology and ambitious projects, like Mars colonization, offer employees the chance to work on groundbreaking and historic missions.
  • The company's move to Texas could provide new opportunities for growth and development in a business-friendly environment.
  • SpaceX's continuous innovation, such as the development of the Starship vehicle, positions it as a leader in the aerospace industry.

What critics are saying

  • Recent technical failures, such as the Falcon 9 engine issues, could impact SpaceX's reliability and client trust.
  • The relocation to Texas may lead to operational disruptions and potential talent retention challenges.

What makes SpaceX unique

  • SpaceX's development of reusable rockets significantly reduces the cost of space travel, setting it apart from traditional aerospace companies.
  • The Starlink project aims to provide global broadband coverage, creating a new revenue stream and expanding SpaceX's market reach beyond just space launches.
  • SpaceX's ability to serve a diverse range of clients, from government agencies to private enterprises, showcases its versatility and broad market appeal.

Benefits

Benefits and Perks - Our employees’ well-being is important to us and essential to our capacity to do extraordinary things. We offer a wide variety of programs to support the health, wellness, and financial security of our employees and their families.